"They naturally extract CO2 from the air and use it as feed. The more CO2 plants absorb, the less CO2 remains trapped in the atmosphere." 2/6
As plants decompose, CO2
is released back to the air
"If left alone, plants are eaten by other organisms and releasing the carbon back to the carbon cycle within months."
3/6
Anoxic conditions slow decomposition
"In anoxic waters, plants decompose extremely slowly, effectively storing the carbon much longer." 4/6
The Black Sea is the ideal location
"It is the largest anoxic body of water on earth, 2km deep, surrounded by fertile lands. The Black Sea is the optimal environment allowing affordable, environmentally safe, gigaton scale #CarbonRemoval in this decade." 5/6
๐ฐ Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (14 January - 19 January 2025):
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The US government has awarded $101 million in federal funding for five projects to support the development of CO2 capture, removal and conversion test centers.
๐จ๐Imagine a world where buildings donโt just house us but actively fight climate change๐๐จ
A new study reveals that CO2-storing materials in construction could capture 16.6 billion tonnes of CO2 annually โ half of global emissions in 2021!
#CarbonSink
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2/ The key lies in re-engineering materials like concrete, asphalt, wood, bricks, and plastics to store carbon. These materials are already used on a massive scale, making them ideal for turning the built environment into a carbon sink.
3/ The carbon-storing materials considered in this work include wood, bio-based plastic (replacing fossil derived materials), carbonateable cement, carbonate-based aggregate, biochar cement filler, portlandite brick, biomass fiber-based brick, and bio-based asphalt bitumen.
๐จ2024 Year in Review: Solar Geoengineering Edition๐จ
As we enter 2025, weโre excited to share our ๐จ๐ง๐-๐จ๐-๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ-๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ yearly summary for SRM: "Solar Geoengineering in 2024: Rays of Hope, Clouds of Doubt."
Hereโs what we cover in this comprehensive review:๐งต1/12
2/ ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ?
1๏ธโฃ SRM Funding Announcements
2๏ธโฃ Top SRM Stories
3๏ธโฃ Restrictions and Bans on SRM
4๏ธโฃ Essential SRM Reads
5๏ธโฃ SRM in Media
6๏ธโฃ Research Highlights
7๏ธโฃ Personal Milestones
2024 ๐ ๐๐ค โ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ :
-@ARIA_research allocated $75M to SRM research
-Simon Foundation pledged $50M for SRM research
-@UKRI_News & NERC launched a ยฃ10.5M, 5yr research program
๐ฐ Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (06 January - 12 January 2025):
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Origis Energy secured $415M to fund its 145-MW Swift Air Solar project in Texas. The project will power @1PointFive_'s STRATOS DAC facility under construction in the Permian Basin.
Renewable energy firm Low Carbon announced a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with carbon removal project developer @DeepSkyCorp, enabling the company to power its first facility, Deep Sky Alpha, with 100% solar power.
๐ฐ Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (02 December - 08 December 2024):
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@heirloomcarbon raised $150M to expand its direct air capture technology. Following the opening of the first U.S. direct air capture facility last year, the funds will support building plants with greater CO2 removal capacity.
@Meta is pledging to contract at least $35 million for carbon removal projects in the coming year as part of their goal to achieve net zero emissions across our value chain in 2030.