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    LATEST INGEOENGINEERING

    Tree planting at Haweswater, Lake District, UK

    Greenhouse gas removal: How could it help the UK reach net-zero by 2050?

    A mix of scientists, economists and government advisers met in London last week to discuss how removing greenhouse gases from air could help the UK h...Read More

    UK policy| May 17. 2022.
    Biomass domes at Drax Power Station.

    Guest post: Where in the UK might be suitable for BECCS?

    As global temperature rise pushes past 1C above pre-industrial levels, the time remaining to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement becomes increasing...Read More

    Guest posts| Jul 7. 2020.
    The Swiss company Climeworks are running 30 DAC - Direct Air Capture - fans on the roof of this garbage incinerator in Hinwil outside Zurich.

    Guest post: How public attitudes towards ‘CO2 removal’ differ in the UK and US

    With global greenhouse gas emissions still increasing – and Covid-19 lockdown restrictions merely causing a short-term dip – the challenge of hol...Read More

    Guest posts| Jul 7. 2020.
    Climeworks Direct Air Capture plant

    Direct CO2 capture machines could use ‘a quarter of global energy’ in 2100

    Machines that suck CO2 directly from the air could cut the cost of meeting global climate goals, a new study finds, but they would need as much as a q...Read More

    Negative emissions| Jul 22. 2019.
    A woman clings on as typhoon Roke blows through Tokyo, Japan, 21 September 2011. Credit: Robert Gilhooly / Alamy Stock Photo. C7G6KM

    Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’

    Engineering the climate to reflect away sunlight could halve global warming and offset the risk of increases in tropical storms, new research suggests...Read More

    Geoengineering| Mar 11. 2019.
    Prof Jonathan Bamber, professor of glaciology at the University of Bristol. Credit: Carbon Brief.

    The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Jonathan Bamber

    Prof Jonathan Bamber is a professor of glaciology at the University of Bristol and the current president of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). He w...Read More

    Interviews| Feb 14. 2019.
    View of Canberra from Mount Ainslie lookout, Australia. Credit: Piter Lenk / Alamy Stock Photo. M8TY9H

    Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air

    An international group of researchers and policymakers met in Australia’s capital this week for the country’s first major conference dedicated to ...Read More

    Geoengineering| Nov 1. 2018.

    Solar geoengineering may not halt ocean warming, study says

    喷涂高平流层气溶胶可能dampen global warming over land, but may not prevent the oceans from heating up, new research says. ...Read More

    Geoengineering| Oct 29. 2018.

    Mapped: Where ‘afforestation’ is taking place around the world

    A key finding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) new special report is that it is likely that some degree of “afforestatio...Read More

    Negative emissions| Oct 9. 2018.

    Guest post: 13 ‘ocean-based solutions’ for tackling climate change

    Dr Phillip Williamson is an honorary reader at the University of East Anglia and science coordinator of the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal from the Atmosph...Read More

    Guest posts| Oct 4. 2018.
    Sun shines on a subway station in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Andrew Cribb / Alamy Stock Photo. H6FCM3

    World must act quickly to govern solar geoengineering, report says

    Actions to manage solar geoengineering must “begin now”, says a report by an international group of governance experts. The idea of solar geoen...Read More

    Geoengineering| Oct 1. 2018.
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