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Oct 17

🚨Scientists built a device that captures carbon from the seawater and turns it into biodegradable plastic, using bacteria as a living bioreactor.

#CDR #mCDR #CarbonDioxideRemoval #Bioplastics

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2/ The system comprises 3 components:

1️⃣ C extraction

Traditional seawater electrolysis systems often fail within hours due to mineral buildup

To solve this, researchers designed a solid-state electrolysis unit that isolates sensitive ions using membranes & a solid electrolyte

3/ The modified design acidifies H2O, converting dissolved C (mainly bicarbonate & carbonate ions) into CO₂ gas for collection.

The prototype operated continuously for 22 days, processing 177 liters of seawater & extracting 6.54L of CO₂, with an energy use of 3 kWh/kg of CO₂.

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Oct 16

🚨French Academy of Sciences has released a new report on #SolarGeoengineering, stressing that the absolute priority must remain reducing GHG emissions via structural changes & accelerating adaptation to climate impacts.

On #SRM, the report offers several recommendations:🧵1/6

2/ SRM Recommendation 1️⃣

Promote an international agreement aimed at prohibit any initiative, public or private, to deploy SRM, regardless of the framework or scale.

To do this, the entire scientific community will have to be involved.

3/ SRM Recommendation 2️⃣

Support & deepen research on climate, atmospheric physicochemical processes and biodiversity in order to be able to rigorously assess the potential & risks of SRM.

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Oct 11

🚨An analysis of forest-based projects funded through the sale of #CarbonCredits shows that 10% of them may have a net warming effect on the climate because of the way they alter the Earth’s #albedo, or how much sunlight is reflected back into space.

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2/ Albedo is how much sunlight Earth’s surface reflects vs. absorbs

Forests are darker than grass or snow, meaning they absorb more heat

So when grasslands or snowy areas are turned into forests, Earth’s surface can absorb more heat, partly cancelling out cooling effect of #CDR

3/ So, this study analyzed 172 Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation projects in the Voluntary Carbon Market - projects that collectively aim to deliver nearly 800 million tons of CDR over the next century.

But none of these projects’ standards account for albedo change.

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Oct 8

🚨New paper argues that rejecting Carbon Dioxide Removal (#CDR) on moral hazard grounds may itself be unjust.

Using a framework of transitional justice, they propose that CDRs can, if carefully governed, form part of a just transition to a livable climate.

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2/ The authors note that with climate overshoot increasingly inevitable, the IPCC and Climate Overshoot Commission both view CDRs as unavoidable.

The question shifts from whether to use CDRs to how to deploy them justly.

3/ The authors apply transitional justice - a framework for navigating imperfect choices to reach fairer outcomes.

It asks: when can seemingly unjust actions (like risky technologies) be justified to achieve a more just, sustainable future?

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Oct 1

🚨The Earth is reflecting less & less sunlight, new study reveals🚨

Satellite data show the planet is reflecting less sunlight than it used to, with the Northern Hemisphere darkening fastest.

This imbalance has big implications for climate and rainfall.🧵1/8

2/ Using 24 years of NASA’s CERES satellite data, scientists found both hemispheres now absorb more solar energy than before.

But the Northern Hemisphere has pulled ahead, darkening faster than the South.

3/ This breaks a long-standing balance: for decades, Earth’s hemispheres reflected nearly the same amount of sunlight.

That symmetry was thought to be maintained by clouds. But the new data shows the NH is diverging.

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Sep 25

🚨Can buildings remove CO₂ while cooling indoor air?

A new study shows that adding CO₂ capture units (#DAC) to building cooling systems can cut energy use by over 50% & remove atmospheric carbon, even in hot, humid places.

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2/ Buildings use a lot of energy. About 37% of global energy & 40% of CO₂ emissions.

Cooling is the biggest part, taking almost 40% of building electricity.

As the planet warms, cooling demand rises, creating a vicious cycle.

3/ Direct Air Capture extracts CO₂ directly from ambient air, unlike point-source capture.

But adsorption-based DAC struggles in humid environments: water competes with CO₂ for sorbent sites, making it very energy-hungry.

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