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ICYM any recent developments in the field of #CarbonDioxideRemoval published btw ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐, here are links to (in๐งตโฌ๏ธ) all pertinent research papers, news articles, reports, thesis, event recordings, & podcasts โฌ๏ธ
๐ฐ Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (28 July - 03 August 2025):
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Germanyโs 2026 draft budget allocated โฌ111 million for negative emissions in 2026 and a further โฌ320 million in subsequent years. A new federal department has also been set up to focus on carbon removal.
๐จHow does #SolarGeoengineering affect air pollution & public health?
New study using a cutting-edge Earth system model shows that #SAI has only modest effects on PMโ.โ & ozone-related mortality & these impacts are mostly due to climate shifts, not aerosol deposition.๐งต1/8
2/ Using CESM2-WACCM6 simulations across three scenarios (SSP2-4.5 baseline, ARISE-SAI-1.5, ARISE-SAI-1.0), the study quantifies global mortality attributable to ozone (Oโ) & fine particulate matter (PMโ.โ ) under future SAI deployment targeting 1.5ยฐC and 1.0ยฐC warming levels.
3/ Findings:
In the ARISE-SAI-1.5 scenario, maintaining global mean temp at 1.5ยฐC above pre-industrial levels via SAI results in:
- 1.26% reduction in ozone-related mortality
- 0.86% increase in PMโ.โ -related mortality during 2060โ2069, relative to SSP2-4.5.
๐ฐ Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (21-27 July 2025):
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Chestnut Carbon secured up to $210M in non-recourse financing, led by J.P. Morgan for its afforestation project, marking a first-of-its-kind deal in the US carbon removal space.
๐จScientists have discovered a common soil bacterium, Bacillus megaterium, that can rapidly remove CO2 from the atmosphere by transforming it into solid limestone (calcium carbonate) within 24 hours, without creating toxic byproducts.
#CDR #CarbonMineralization
DETAILS๐งต1/8
2/ Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a technique where microbes precipitate CaCOโ, often used in eco-friendly building materials.
Most MICP uses urease to break down urea, which produces ammonium, a problematic byproduct.
3/ Bacillus megaterium is unique in a sense, it contains both urease and carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzymes. The latter allows it to fix COโ directly without needing urea.
But which pathway dominates? This study investigated that.
๐จSolar Geoengineering (#SRM) may seem cheap (~$18B/yr) to cool the planet, but when you factor in societal risks, political instability & sudden climate rebounds, the true cost may far exceed technical estimates from both moral & practical standpoints, says a new study.
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2/ SRM often gets touted as cheap even โpennies per tonโ compared to the hundreds of $/ton needed for large-scale CDR.
But these estimates usually ignore the real-world costs of deploying SRM in a politically fractured and climate-damaged world.
3/ The authors outline four cost domains that traditional SRM estimates often miss:
1๏ธโฃ Compensation for harms
2๏ธโฃ International coordination
3๏ธโฃ Domestic political feasibility
4โฃ Termination Shock
Each could add major financial & political costs. Details below: