Enhanced Weathering is a carbon capture process that could remove over 2bn tons of CO2 each year (for comparison, the U.S. emitted 5.3bn in 2018), explains Benjamin Houlton at the University of California. Silicate minerals exposed to the weather have been sequestering atmospheric carbon and turning it into rock...
Abstract: Nature volume 583 Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW), deployable with croplands, has potential use for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (CDR), which is now necessary to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. ERW also has possible co-benefits for improved food and soil security, and reduced ocean acidification. Here we...
The preliminary work of Professor Olaf Schuiling is getting more and more spin-offs. In the Netherlands and abroad the Deltares research is already known and recently we came across a very promising pilot project in the Caribbean. See further www.projectvesta.org The application of olivine on beaches...
'De Volkskrant' Oct. 2019 'Wonder material' olivine catches CO2 out of the air. 'NRC Wetenschap' June 2020 'Als dit eens kon uitgroeien tot zeven kubieke kilometer…' Field experiment Deltares in Delft (NL) Jos Vink scooping olivine Deltares, an independent institute for applied research in the field...
"CLIMATE RESTORATION DINNER" AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM DAVOS 2020 Market Report Dr. Sanjeev Khagram: Foundation for Climate Restoration, Sept 2019 pg. 5. “We still need to shift from fossil fuels to clean energy. We still need to adapt to rising sea levels and an overheated planet ...
At a major climate meeting in Poland, nearly 200 countries are trying to reach a deal on dramatically reducing carbon emissions. But a recent U.N. report found that may not be enough to avoid dangerous impacts from the warming climate. In fact, the world is...
An old post put forward by Oliver Tickell published in 2013 still holds. There is no news under the 'Sun'! Oliver Tickell is a British journalist, author and campaigner on health and environment issues, and author of the book Kyoto2 which sets out a blueprint for effective...
Interview with Olaf Schuiling c.s. in the New York Times! The solution to global warming, Olaf Schuiling says, lies beneath our feet. Read this interesting article And from the same author Henri Fountain again in New York Times! http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/26/climate/oman-rocks.html ...
by Olaf Schuiling Now also available in english translation: Amazon.com ISBN 978 90389 2671 1 The worldwide emission of CO2 is an extremely and fast growing problem. The fact that nature is regulating the neutralization of this climate threatening gas for over billions of years is...
In the Netherlands olivine added in asphalt absorbs CO2 and increases road safety by a better contrast. In de gemeente Leek is begonnen met het aanbrengen van een deklaag op de Mensumaweg die CO2-bindt en bovendien licht reflecteert. Beide toepassingen zijn op zich niet nieuw, maar de...