23 Feb

Posted at 10:50h in General news

Bill Gates Q&A on Climate Change: ‘We Need a Miracle’ When I say “miracle,” I don’t mean something that’s impossible. I’ve seen miracles happen before. The personal computer. The Internet. The polio vaccine. None of them happened by chance. They are the result of research and development...

10 Jan

Posted at 10:36h in General news

IPCC Assessment Report (2015): The latest major institution to propose removing billions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere Rathenau Institute NL Report (2013) on Climate Engineering urges substantial research in CDR*) Dutch Government adopts position that CDR research should be at European level...

11 Dec

Posted at 10:21h in General news

The last Assessment Report 5 (AR5) of the ‘International Panel on Climate Change’ (IPCC) points out the critical need for strategies to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and actively reduce acidification of the oceans.  It is not anymore sufficient to end greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize...

23 Aug

Posted at 10:29h in General news

As talks aimed at slowing global warming drag on, researchers are pushing new ideas that some are calling last-ditch attempts to avert the worst effects of climate change. Some proposals are uncontroversial, such as using charcoal to lock carbon dioxide into soil or scattering carbon-absorbing gemstones. Richard...

22 Jun

Posted at 10:31h in General news

Over the last 18 months, major academic organisations from the IPCC to the National Academy of Sciences have begun to recognise the potential importance of removing carbon from the atmosphere in addition to the main event of reducing emissions to tackle climate change. Further reading of this blog see below: http://www.virginearth.com/2015/06/carbon-removal-research-opportunities-for-action/ More in detail we read: “Carbon’s...

03 Feb

Posted at 10:33h in General news

The leading Dutch newspaper “de Volkskrant” reported on Jan 10, 2015 an extensive story about the Olivine project and its originator Prof Olaf Schuiling. Context:Is the solution of the CO2 problem of our world really at hand? The vital scientist Olaf Schuiling is convinced of the possibilities for...