Monat: Oktober 2022

Peer-reviewed Publications

Silva (2022): Expanding the scope of biogeochemical research to accelerate atmospheric carbon capture

Lucas C. R. Silva IN: Biogeochemistry 161, pp. 19–40, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-00957-1

In this prospective synthesis, tha author explain how expanding the scope of biogeochemical research would lead to a more rigorous and impactful climate change mitigation and adaptation agenda. Focusing on biogeochemistry as an area of interdisciplinary convergence, the author review theories and empirical studies in the environmental and social sciences, to distill five principles and three phases of implementation for sustainable carbon capture projects.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Buck & Palumbo-Compton (2022): Soil carbon sequestration as a climate strategy: what do farmers think?

Holly Jean Buck & Alexis Palumbo-Compton IN: Biogeochemistry 161, 59–70, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-00948-2

This article systematically reviews the empirical social science literature on farmer adoption of soil carbon sequestration practices and participation in carbon markets or programs. The article finds thirty-seven studies over the past decade that involve empirical research with soil carbon sequestering practices in a climate context, with just over a quarter of those focusing on the Global South.

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Media

Why the $100 per ton target for carbon removal may be ‚pure fantasy‘

by Michelle Ma on protocol.com

„$100 per ton is the carbon dioxide removal industry’s standard-bearing metric. It’s the target identified by both Frontier’s well-respected advance purchase commitment and the Department of Energy’s Carbon Negative Shot for ensuring CDR is scalable. – MIT Energy Initiative’s Howard Herzog explains why the number is unrealistic.“

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Past, present and future of materials’ applications for CO2 capture: A bibliometric analysis

Muhammad Nihal Naseer, Asad A. Zaidi, Kingshuk Dutta, Yasmin Abdul Wahab, Juhana Jaafar, Rabia Nusrat, Ibrar Ullah, Bumjoo Kim IN: Energy Reports 8, pp. 4252-4264, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.02.301

The present study aims to quantitatively review the available literature on CO2 capture technology that has been published during the period of 1970–2020, by applying bibliometric and content analysis techniques. The bibliometric analysis reveals that 62.68% of the total articles indexed in Web of Science are published in the last five years.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Buckingham et al. (2022): Soil core study indicates limited CO2 removal by enhanced weathering in dry croplands in the UK

F. Buckingham, G.M. Henderson, P. Holdship, P. Renforth IN: Applied Geochemistry, 105482, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105482

Laboratory studies have attempted to evaluate the potential of enhanced weathering as a CO2 removal technique but do not simulate the geochemical complexity of soil environments, and studies in the field are limited in the nature of data they can collect. To overcome these limitations, this study uses an experimental set-up which fully encapsulates field conditions in a controlled setting using soil cores removed from UK cropland and treated with crushed basalt.

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Media

BBC News: Climate change: Can an enormous seaweed farm help curb it?

by David Reid & Justin Rowlatt; BBC News Climate and Science; 16 October 2022

„A scientist from Seafields measures the depth on beds of floating Sargassum. Imagine a huge seaweed farm the size of Croatia floating in the South Atlantic between Africa and South America. Spinning in a natural ocean eddy, it sucks a billion tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere every year and sinks it to the ocean floor out of harm’s way. Far-fetched? Maybe. But a British businessman plans to have this up and running by 2026.“

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Reports

NETL_DOE Compendium of Carbon Capture Technology 2022

by U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) & National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

The Carbon Capture Technology Compendium is compiled biannually to provide a technical summary of CO2 capture technology R&D sponsored by DOE/NETL’s PSC and CDR Programs. The current Compendium presents 124 projects in a single document, all of which were active at some point between October 1, 2019, and October 1, 2021.

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Reports

Report: A research framework to investigate sequestration efficacy and environmental impacts

by Ocean Visions in partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

„This report provides the framework for a global research program that can fill in the critical knowledge gaps around the impacts and efficacy of cultivating and sinking seaweed for carbon sequestration. The guidance in this report is intended to accelerate the production of actionable scientific information to inform policy decisions about climate solutions.“

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