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Here's your roundup of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Scientific Papers from the past week:
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1οΈβ£ @CharmIndustrial, which removes carbon from the atmosphere via bio-oil sequestration, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round. It has also signed new record-breaking arrangements for 140,000 tons/CDR with Frontier & JPMorgan.
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2οΈβ£ Carbon Removal Marketplace @nori announces the appointment of Matt Trudeau as CEO and a $6.25M funding round led by @M13Company, @Toyota_Ventures, @placeholdervc, and @Cargill, bringing total funding to $17.25M.
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3οΈβ£ Carbon to Sea Initiative, a new nonprofit group has raised over $50 million to back research and development into potentially accelerating carbon dioxide absorption into the world's oceans (Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement). @AdditionalVent
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4οΈβ£ @_Capture6 & @PalmdaleH2O District have announced plans to construct a pilot facility for integrated water recovery & carbon capture in California. βIt will be the world's first completely integrated water management & CO2 removal facility.β
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5οΈβ£ The carbon sequestration (full life cycle) potential of kelp in Ailian Bay (China) was found to be 97.73g C/m2/year, according to research conducted in China.
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6οΈβ£ Recent research submitted in the @researchsquare presents first-of-its-kind process concepts for co-removal of CH4 & CO2Β that combine the catalytic conversion of methane step (thermal/photo-catalytic) with CO2 capture (#DirectAirCapture).
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7οΈβ£~6.0β―Mt CO2-eq/yr were sequestered in China from 2003-2020 via shellfish & algae farming, a study found. βShellfish farming could reduce C emissions by 31.7β―Mt CO2-eq/yr while algae farming could reduce the C emissions by 0.7β―Mt CO2-eq/yr.β
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8οΈβ£ Research pointed that β44.4Γ109 ton of CO2 (~3.3 times of current annual CO2 sink in the ocean) could be removed from the atmosphere with 175β―ΞΌmol kgβ1β―Mg(OH)2 (equivalent to 350β―ΞΌmolβ―kgβ1 of TA) added to the top 10β―m of the ocean.β
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9οΈβ£ Despite some hope that whales can remove marked amount of CO2, a study has found the amount of potential carbon capture by whales is ππ¨π¨ π₯π’πππ₯π to meaningfully alter the course of climate change.β
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In a recently published paper, researchers use βan LCA approach to calculate the Long-Lasting #CarbonSequestration (LLCS) of #seaweed, which can be understood as the difference between #CarbonFixation & released C throughout the life cycle of seaweed.β
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Using kelp (Laminaria japonica) as an example of seaweed, the present study βvalidates the procedure of calculating the LLCS of seaweed throughout its whole life cycle in Ailian Bay from nursery to processing into #biochar (fertilizer) as the final product.β 2/9
The results showed that βthe #CarbonSequestration (full life cycle) of kelp in Ailian Bay was 97.73g C /m2/year.β 3/9
π For the first time researchers used βlab and wind-wave tank experiments to prove the concept of using Mg(OH)2Β for the #OceanAlkalinityEnhancement and #CarbonDioxideRemoval approach (OAE-CDR).βΒ
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π Experiment results showed βup to 370β―ΞΌmolβ―kgβ1 seawater total alkalinity (TA) increase without precipitation, stable enhanced TA, and OAE-CDR efficiency (ΞDIC/ΞTA) consistent with theoretical calculation.β
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π Based on the experimental results, scientists involved in this study calculated βthe global Mg(OH)2 OAE-CDR efficiency and #CO2Sink from this approach.β
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Recent research submitted in the @researchsquare βpresents first-of-its-kind process concepts for co-removal of #methane and #CO2Β that combine the catalytic conversion of methane step (thermal/photo-catalytic) with #CO2Capture (#DirectAirCapture).β
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βThe proposed solution to co-remove methane and CO2 from low concentration sources has the potential of #removing more CO2-equivalents from the atmosphere at lower energy penalty when compared to technologies that focus on removing only CO2 from the air, the study affirmed.β 2/
Based on the analysis of this study, researchers summarize the following challenges and opportunities with the proposed solution for co-removing methane and CO2 from the atmosphere:
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Findings of this study suggest that βrestoring mangroves, which are common in tropical shallow marine settings, will lead to notable local #OceanAlkalinityEnhancement across a wide range of scenarios.β 2/
βThe process is seagrass & mangroves influence the organic & inorganic cycling of C in sediment, with strong impacts on diffusive #alkalinity fluxes. In carbonate-rich sediment, seagrass & mangroves foster carbonate dissolution, resulting in increased alkalinity production...
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π A recent study by @Olenellus & @GambixPT published in @geosociety found that βan extinct #volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of CO2, the equivalent of 24-125yrs of the countryβs industrial emissions.β #CarbonStorage
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βDoing so would rely on a method known as in situ mineral #carbonization, which works when the CO2 taken from the air is pumped deep underground.β
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βOnce in the bowels of this extinct volcano, calcium, magnesium, and iron react to the incoming carbon dioxide to form calcite, dolomite, and magnesite, trapping the CO2 forever in a rocky prison.β
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2οΈβ£π΅ In an effort to neutralize its environmental footprint, JP Morgan has announced it plans to invest more than $200 million to purchase credits from several #CarbonDioxideRemoval companies (βone of the biggest bets ever on #CarbonRemovalβ).