Jahr: 2015

Project: Blue Planet

„Blue Planet’s new biomimetic carbon capture and mineralization technology utilizes several patented scientific breakthoughs. Blue Planet uses it’s patented Liquid Condensed Phase (LCP™) Technology to convert CO2 into high-value CarbonMix™ building and highway materials. Blue Planet provides CO2 capture and sequestration, criteria pollutant removal, and water management services. We provide these services to emitters in the coal, gas, cement and refinery industries. Blue carbon is captured naturally by marine ecosystems to build coral reefs. Blue Planet uses a similar mineralization process to convert CO2 into carbon negative building materials.“

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Project: Marin Carbon Project

„In response to the rapid pace of global climate change, the Marin Carbon Project (MCP) seeks to enhance carbon sequestration in rangeland, agricultural, and forest soils through applied research, demonstration and implementation. Our vision is for landowners and land managers of agricultural ecosystems to serve as stewards of soil health and to undertake carbon farming in a manner that can improve on-farm productivity and viability, enhance ecosystem functions, and stop and reverse climate change.“

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Project: Skytree

„Skytree ® has developed a technology that offers a highly effective way to capture CO2 directly from the air around us. We can store and release and use this CO2 in countless products and applications we use every day. We are working on prototypes, products and pilots for the following markets.“

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Geoengineering Monitor: COP21’s climate technofix: spinning carbon into gold and the myth of ‘negative emissions’

„Paris has been awash with hype about ‘CO2 recycling’ and ‘carbon neutral’ or even ‘carbon negative’ technologies based on burning millions of trees, writes Rachel Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold is hitting serious reality checks. It’s time to ditch the fantasies and progress the real solutions: like caring for land, soils, forests and grasslands.“

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The Center for Carbon Removal: 2015 Year in Review: Carbon Removal

„In 2015, it became clearer than ever that industry is going to take serious action over the coming decades to reduce CO2 emissions. But what if businesses could go beyond stopping CO2 emissions, and actually pull more CO2 out of the atmosphere than they emit into it? With carbon removal (aka “negative emissions”) solutions, that vision could one day become a reality. And while building “net-sequestration” companies will be a monumental task, 2015 has seen a number of encouraging signs about the potential for a carbon-removing economy of the future. Here’s a recap of the key milestones around carbon removal from the past year, and what it means for sustainable business in 2016 and beyond.“

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DeMott, Paul J.; et al. (2015): Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles

DeMott, Paul J.; Hill, Thomas C. J.; McCluskey, Christina S.; Prather, Kimberly A.; Collins, Douglas B.; Sullivan, Ryan C. et al. (2015): Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles. In PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514034112.

„Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are vital for ice initiation in, and precipitation from, mixed-phase clouds. A source of INPs from oceans within sea spray aerosol (SSA) emissions has been suggested in previous studies but remained unconfirmed. Here, we show that INPs are emitted using real wave breaking in a laboratory flume to produce SSA.“

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FCEA Blog: Building Better Concepts in Climate Engineering: why bother with CDR and SRM?

By Patrick Taylor Smith. „I want to take a step back from the particulars of the conversation between Horton and McLaren and ask the following question: what is the point of drawing—or of failing to draw—a distinction between SRM and CDR? The very question, “Should we treat SRM and CDR the same or different?” presumes that there are useful categories—‘SRM’ and ‘CDR’—that ought to serve as the foundation of our analysis of geoengineering.“

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