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5 Fixes
for Carbon CleanupTo have any chance of not busting through 2°C of global warming, we need to permanently remove from the atmosphere much of the carbon that we have already put in. Planting trees—the current strategy—is a good idea for many reasons, but it fails the permanency test. So how are we going to suck carbon dioxide out of the air? And who’s going to pay for it? Here are five routes forward.
Chemists turn plastic waste into carbon capture material
Researchers have developed a new chemical process that transforms discarded PET bottles into an efficient, durable carbon-capture sorbent—tackling both plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions at once.
Chemists have made the best carbon capture material yet
A little over 1.5 cups of a yellow powder made of tiny porous polymer particles can capture as much carbon dioxide in a year as a mature tree.
How to jumpstart a market for a product that doesn’t yet exist
An economic tool that brought the world life-saving vaccines could now unlock billions for carbon removal.
Researchers combine geothermal energy with CO2 capture to create a novel self-sustaining loop
In their strategy, CO2 pulled from the air is stored in deep, hot, saltwater aquifers; Heat brought to the surface is then used to power the DAC process.
Engineers have found a way to capture carbon dioxide using light
CO2 takes different forms in acidic and alkaline solutions. This super-fast new carbon-removal technique takes advantage of that by switching acidity on and off using light.
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