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Tackling the climate crisis means drastically reducing the burning of fossil fuels, which releases planet-heating pollution. But because humans have already pumped so much of this pollution into the atmosphere and are unlikely to sufficiently reduce emissions in the near term, scientists say we also need to remove it from the air.
Nature does this – forests and oceans, for example, are valuable carbon sinks – but not quickly enough to keep pace with the amounts humans are producing. So we have turned to technology.
One method is to capture carbon pollution directly at the source, for example from steel or cement plants.
But another way, which this study focuses on, is “direct air capture.” This involves sucking carbon pollution directly out of the atmosphere and then storing it, often by injecting it into the ground.
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Perhaps we can at least enjoy the minor irony that it's technology that catalyzed anthropogenic climate change in the first place.
If technology can now help protect us from it, dandy! Got an insight that can help dial down the news gloom?
- Debt Limit Crisis
- U.S. Domestic Transport Running Off The Rails
Time for a little not quite so bad news?
Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans
Tackling the climate crisis means drastically reducing the burning of fossil fuels, which releases planet-heating pollution. But because humans have already pumped so much of this pollution into the atmosphere and are unlikely to sufficiently reduce emissions in the near term, scientists say we also need to remove it from the air.
Nature does this – forests and oceans, for example, are valuable carbon sinks – but not quickly enough to keep pace with the amounts humans are producing. So we have turned to technology.
One method is to capture carbon pollution directly at the source, for example from steel or cement plants.
But another way, which this study focuses on, is “direct air capture.” This involves sucking carbon pollution directly out of the atmosphere and then storing it, often by injecting it into the ground.
Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans | CNN
Scientists have set out a way to suck planet-heating carbon pollution from the air, turn it into sodium bicarbonate and store it in oceans, according to a new paper.
www.cnn.com
Perhaps we can at least enjoy the minor irony that it's technology that catalyzed anthropogenic climate change in the first place.
If technology can now help protect us from it, dandy! Got an insight that can help dial down the news gloom?
