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Insights into Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies (Negative Emissions Technologies):
-Afforestation/Reforestation
-BECCS
-Ocean Fertilization
-Enhanced Rock Weathering
-Direct Air Capture
-Biochar
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#CDR-01 AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION
"Afforestation/reforestation (AR) can generate net negative CO2 emissions, as growing forests remove CO2 from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and store it in living biomass, dead organic matter, and soils."
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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How Afforestation/Reforestation helps in atmospheric #CarbonDioxideRemoval (The Process):
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⬇️ Diagram showing the CO2 removal efficiency of AR, deployed over different periods of time in the UK (2020).
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
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Recent publications in the field of Afforestation (as a #CDR Technology):
studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.…
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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#CDR-02 BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (BECCS)
"BECCS refers to the combination of biomass-based energy, with the capture and geological storage of associated CO2 emissions."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
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How BECCS works:
8) ⬇️ Diagram showing the CO2 removal efficiency of BECCS for different types of biomass cultivated on different types of land, and for different transport modes and distances, deployed in 2020, and over 100 years in the UK:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
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Recent publications in the field of BECCS:
ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8997…
mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1…
onepetro.org/SPEADIP/procee…
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#CDR-03 OCEAN FERTILIZATION
"Ocean fertilization is a type of technology for #mCDR based on the purposeful introduction of plant nutrients (iron) to the upper ocean to increase marine food production and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
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How Ocean fertilization works:
"Ocean nutrient fertilization, like Fe could stimulate photosynthesis in phytoplankton, which would convert the ocean's dissolved CO2 into carbohydrate and O2 gas, some of which would sink into the deeper ocean before oxidizing."
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Recent publications in the field of Ocean fertilization:
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&…
nature.com/articles/s4156…
asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.112…
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#CDR-04 ENHANCED ROCK WEATHERING
"ERW accelerates the natural process of mineral carbonation. However, the carbonation process that sequestrates CO2 into the rocks is not immediate, with carbonation rates ranging from a few months to a few decades."
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Working of Enhanced Rock Weathering:
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⬇️ Diagram showing the CO2 removal efficiency of EW for alkaline rocks such as basalt and dunite over 100 years in the UK.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
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Recent publications in the field of Enhanced Rock Weathering:
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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#CDR-05 DIRECT AIR CAPTURE
"Direct air capture of CO2 with storage (DACCS) refers to technologies that directly separate CO2 from the atmosphere and geologically sequester it, thus generating negative emissions."
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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How Direct Air Capture Works:
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⬇️ Diagrams showing the CO2 removal efficiency of different DACCS technologies in the UK:
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Recent publications in the field of Direct Air Capture:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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#CDR-06 BIOCHAR
"Biochar is a recalcitrant, carbon rich material produced via pyrolysis. Once applied on soil, the biochar acts as a soil-amendment additive, with the soil acting as a CO2 sink, thus generating negative CO2 emissions."
mdpi.com/2227-9717/10/1…
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How Biochar works:
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⬇️ Diagram showing the CO2 removal efficiency of biochar for different types of biomass and land, deployed in 2020, and over 100 years in the UK:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
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Recent publications in the field of Biochar:
dc.engconfintl.org/lca_waste_3/27/
helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/3…
mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/1…
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Summary of key characteristics for each CDR pathway:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&…
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