🚨Scientists Make Strides in Resurrecting Woolly Mammoths to Combat Climate Change🚨

A pioneering biotech firm has successfully genetically modified mice, marking a key step toward developing mammoth-like elephants to restore Arctic ecosystems & slow permafrost thaw.🧵1/10 2/ Colossal Biosciences (@colossal), a Texas-based biotech firm, has engineered mice with mammoth-like traits. Their ultimate goal? Create herds of cold-adapted elephants that could help protect permafrost and reduce carbon emissions.

🚨🗓CDR REMINDERS!🗓🚨

Here's a list of what's coming up this week (04 March - 10 March 2025) in the field of #CarbonDioxideRemoval

#CDREvents #Deadlines #CDRJobs

🔗🗓️Link to the CDR Events Calendar:


🧵1/10 teamup.com/kshqbfhrqkw36s… EVENT—Does the EU need 2x as much CDR? by CDR Policy Scoop

🗓04 March 2025
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📝💡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝

📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (24 February - 02 March 2025):

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🧵0/23 The Frontier Buyers has teamed up with carbon removal developer Phlair, committing to invest $30.6 million in electrochemical direct air capture to remove 47,000 tons of CO2 from 2027 to 2030.

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🚨The Big Green Button: Who Gets to Push It?

"Geoengineering isn't just a climate issue—it's a geopolitical chess game. Only US & China have power to unilaterally deploy #SAI at scale."

Will they race to control skies or seek climate diplomacy? New study explores 4 futures🧵1/9 2/ SAI could cool the planet—but who controls it controls global climate security.

Key risks of unilateral deployment:
🔴 Termination shock
🔴 Environmental disruptions
🔴 SAI as a potential weapon
🔴 Geopolitical leverage—both a threat & opportunity

🚨🗓CDR REMINDERS!🗓🚨

Here's a list of what's coming up this week (25 February - 03 March 2025) in the field of #CarbonDioxideRemoval

#CDREvents #Deadlines #CDRJobs

🔗🗓️Link to the CDR Events Calendar:


🧵1/19 teamup.com/kshqbfhrqkw36s… EVENT—This is CDR: Octavia Carbon’s Project Hummingbird – Pioneering Direct Air Capture in Africa by @openaircollect

🗓25 February 2025
📍Online
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2/19youtube.com/live/fmbCJIFEt…

📝💡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝

📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (17 February - 23 February 2025):

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🧵0/19 @Arcaclimate has secured $12.2 million from Australian venture capital firms Side Stage Ventures and Saniel Ventures to help scale its carbon removal technology at Western Australian mine sites.

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🚨What if we could remove methane from the atmosphere—fast?🚨

A new study proposes two ways to use 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 to destroy this powerful GHG: one with reactors, the other by releasing chlorine into the air. But one of these ideas comes with serious risks:🧵1/10 2/ Methane is a powerful but short-lived greenhouse gas, responsible for ~0.5°C of global warming. "It’s 80x more potent than CO₂ over 20 years," and its atmospheric levels continue to rise—despite global pledges to cut emissions.

🚨🐺Scotland’s lost forests could rise again with the help of wolves🐺🚨

A new study finds that reintroducing these apex predators in the Scottish Highlands could restore wild woodlands & capture 𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐎₂ 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 (#CDR). Here’s how:🧵1/7 2/ The Scottish Highlands were once a land of towering pines and roaming wolves. But 250 years ago, wolves vanished—and with them, nature’s balance. Red deer, left unchecked, now number 400,000, grazing young trees before they can take root.

🚨🗓CDR REMINDERS!🗓🚨

Here's a list of what's coming up this week (18 February - 24 February 2025) in the field of #CarbonDioxideRemoval

#CDREvents #Deadlines #CDRJobs

🔗🗓️Link to the CDR Events Calendar:


🧵1/21 teamup.com/kshqbfhrqkw36s… EVENT—Carbon Removal Challenge Info Session: The Makings of a Great CDR Project by OpenAir Collective

🗓18 February 2025
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📝💡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝

📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (10 February - 16 February 2025):

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🧵0/22 Chestnut Carbon raised $160M in Series B to expand afforestation and sequester 100M tons of CO₂ through its Sustainable Restoration Project.

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🚨☀Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls CO2 directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source—no fossil energy required.
#DirectAirCapture #CDR

DETAILS 🧵1/8 2/ Direct Air Capture is seen as a key tool to fight climate change. But current methods are costly, energy-intensive & require storing CO₂ underground, which has long-term risks. Meanwhile, most CO₂-to-fuel tech needs pure CO₂ and a lot of energy. This study changes that.

🚨Many climate models assume large-scale Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (#BECCS) will help limit global warming. But a new study by @PIK_Climate shows that if we respect planetary boundaries, BECCS potential is far lower than expected. 🧵1/8 2/ BECCS involves planting fast-growing crops, burning them for energy, capturing the CO₂, and storing it underground. While this sounds like a promising carbon removal method, large-scale deployment could disrupt ecosystems and strain natural resources.

🚨📅SRM REMINDERS!📅🚨

Here's a list of what's coming up this month (February 2025) in the field of Solar Geoengineering:

#SRMEvents #Deadlines #SRMJobs

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🧵1/12 teamup.com/ks64mmvtit583e… EVENT—Clear Skies, Clear Minds: Harnessing Open Research to Find Climate Solutions by Climate Systems Engineering Initiative

🗓13 February 2025
📍University of Chicago
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2/12climateengineering.uchicago.edu/events/event/c…

📝💡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝

📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (03 February - 09 February 2025):

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🧵0/21 The @LEGO_Group announced a DKK 19 million commitment towards 4 CDR projects in partnership with Climate Impact Partners & @ClimeFiHQ. The initiatives will support biochar, ERW & reforestation & will deliver CDR credits between 2024 & 2026.

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🚨🌾🚜Can farming fight climate change?🚜🌾🚨

A new study suggests Enhanced Weathering (EW)—spreading crushed basalt on U.S. croplands—could remove 160–300M tonnes of CO₂ annually by 2050 while improving soil & air quality.
#ERW #CarbonDioxideRemoval

DETAILS🧵1/8 2/ How it works: When crushed basalt is applied to soil, it reacts with CO₂, forming stable carbonate minerals that lock away carbon for thousands of years. The process also releases nutrients that benefit crops.

🚨The #CDR market surged in 2024—growing 78% with record purchases & deliveries. But behind the numbers, challenges loom: concentrated buyers, slow deliveries & a shifting investment landscape.

Is CDR on track or at risk? A🧵on the key takeaways from @cdr_fyi’s new report: 1/8 2/ Market Expansion: The CDR market expanded by 78% in 2024, with total purchased volume nearing 8 million tonnes. However, these purchases remain concentrated, with 80% coming from just Microsoft, Google, Stripe, and Frontier.

🚨🗓CDR REMINDERS!🗓🚨

Here's a list of what's coming up this week (04 February - 10 February 2025) in the field of #CarbonDioxideRemoval

#CDREvents #Deadlines #CDRJobs

🔗🗓️Link to the CDR Events Calendar:


🧵1/10 teamup.com/kshqbfhrqkw36s… EVENT—This Is CDR: Nakivale - Uganda's Refugee-Led Biochar Enterprise by @openaircollect

🗓04 February 2025 (Today)
📍Online
⏰12:00-01:00PM ET
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📝💡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝

📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (27 January - 02 February 2025):

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🧵0/20 @SthlmExergi secured over 20 billion SEK in Sweden’s BECCS reverse auction. The funding, disbursed over up to 15 years, will help permanently remove 800,000 tons of CO₂ annually.


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🚨💣The strangest geoengineering idea yet?💣🚨

A new paper suggests detonating an absolutely gigantic nuclear bomb (1,600x bigger than Tsar Bomba) deep beneath the seabed to accelerate carbon removal (#CDR).

A thread on this bold climate proposal:🧵1/11 2/ Climate change is an existential threat, which is why some researchers explore extreme solutions. This one might be one of them.

The idea? Use a nuclear bomb to shatter massive amounts of basalt, speeding up Enhanced Rock Weathering (#ERW)—a natural carbon capture process.

📅CDR REMINDERS!📅🚨

Here's a list of what's coming up this week (28 January - 03 February 2025) in the field of #CarbonDioxideRemoval

#CDREvents #Deadlines #CDRJobs

🔗🗓️Link to the CDR Events Calendar:


🧵1/12 teamup.com/kshqbfhrqkw36s… EVENT—This Is CDR: Structure Climate - Innovative Approaches to Carbon Removal Finance, with Matt Schmitt (CEO) by @openaircollect

🗓28 January 2025
📍Online
⏰12:00-01:00PM ET
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📝💡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝

📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (20 January - 26 January 2025):

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🧵0/21 @RepAir_Carbone has signed a commercial agreement worth $3 million with Shell & Mitsubishi Corporation for the Pelican DAC Hub project in Louisiana.


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