CO₂-removal News

Algae Industry Magazine: Algae and Climate Change

Interview on algea farming. „John Milewski, executive producer and managing editor of Wilson Center NOW, interviews Ecosystems Services and Management Program Research Scholar Brian Walsh, who believes that replacing current feed crops with algae could yield big results toward providing a solution to climate change. In fact, his research indicates a potential for reducing atmospheric carbon concentrates to preindustrial levels by the end of the century.“

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The Center for Carbon Removal: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of CO2 Utilization

„The concept of CO2 utilization goes something like this: instead of releasing CO2 into the atmosphere through industrial processes, we could instead capture CO2 from smokestacks (and/or the ambient atmosphere) and use this CO2 to manufacture carbon-based products — such as fuels, food, and construction[nbsp]materials. So what role might CO2 utilization play in fighting climate change? The outlook seems mixed, as explained below.“

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American University: Is Engineering the Climate the Way Forward?

„American University School of International Service’s assistant professor Simon Nicholson, who also serves as the director of the Global Environmental Politics Program, recently received a $750,000 grant to study the international governance of SRM.[nbsp]Nicholson’s Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment is using the grant to launch a three-year project. It will be the first major sustained endeavor in the United States to look at realistic, robust, and concrete governance options.“

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