CO2

ChatGPT generated a thermal infrared visualization of CO₂ plumes escaping from underground injection points at night, symbolizing the hidden leakage risks of long-term sequestration

Geological CO₂ Storage: Massive Scale, Hidden Risks, Eternal Monitoring

The notion of geological sequestration of carbon dioxide as a climate mitigation strategy has gained prominence, largely on the back of a scenarios that aren’t aggressively electrifying and extensive fossil fuel industry lobbying. However, experiences from the oil industry’s existing use of carbon dioxide in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) cast … [continued]

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The Fate Of Our Food Systems Is Wrapped Up In Climate Change & Plant Nutrition

Global climate change has had a significant impact on the way the world grows its food. Climate change introduces a suite of ominous factors, such as greenhouse gas emissions, elevated temperature, increased carbon dioxide concentrations, nitrous oxide and methane ozone depletion, and deforestation. All of these intensify environmental stresses on … [continued]

Carbon capture with sunlight. Image credit: ETH Zurich.

Improved Direct Air Capture of CO2 Leads the Small Chemical Change to Reap Big Climate…

Research shows improved direct air capture of CO2 using charged molecule layers. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that small molecular tweaks to surfaces can improve absorption technology for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide. Amino acids, which react readily with CO2 and are environmentally friendly, … [continued]

Electricity From Carbon Dioxide

When I first read about the work of the University of Queensland research team claiming to create electricity from CO2, my initial thought was that this was a cross between a fossil fuel funded beatup and a fairytale. But, digging deeper, and talking with Dr Zhuyuan Wang of UQ’s ARC … [continued]

Image courtesy of Greenlyte

Greenlyte Means Go: Speedy €10.5M Funding For Its Direct Air Capture System

Greenlyte Carbon Technologies, a very promising up-and-comer in direct air capture carbon removal, has received €10.5 million in a pre-series A round of funding with participation of Earlybird, Carbon Removal Partners, Partech, and others. With this funding, the company has now raised €20 million in combined equity and grants since … [continued]

ChatGPT and DALL-E generated panoramic image showcasing the contrast between an ocean carbon capture facility and a green, clean city on a pair of weigh scales

Electrolyzing Carbon Dioxide Out Of Sea Water Has Multiple Red Flags

In recent months I’ve returned to the overlapping subjects of geoengineering and carbon capture, both of which I’d mostly satisfied myself about years ago. Both, however, are re-ascending the hype scale and at least for aspects of geoengineering, my curiosity was unsatisfied.