"A Swiss startup (Atmospheric Methane Removal—AMR) is developing
#geoengineering
tech to remove methane from the atm, which it said could help cool the planet by 0.5-1.0 °C within 25 Years."
"AMR wants to use a fleet of small jets to disperse iron chloride (FeCl3) particles in
Assuming a cost of US$100/tonne to extract CO2 from the atm, a common target for
#CDR
technologies,
@hausfath
says it would cost some $22 trillion to sequester enough carbon to reduce global temperatures by just 0.1 °C. That is roughly 16 times more than the annual climate
@SteveSGoddard
@News_O_Matic
@MichaelEMann
@ericsteig
@PKtje
@WeatherProf
I'm not anonymous (ID in bio), and I was specifically repudiating anti-semitism (as should be entirely obvious). My comments weren't personal, and instead aimed criticism at all kinds of counterfactual, motivated reasoning. Hope that clears this up.
"EarthGuard is a parasol – a sun umbrella which reduces the energy delivered by the sun by 0.5% or up to 1.5° to solve the climate change problem.
#SRM
EarthGuard creates a sun shield as big as the size of France or 25% of KSA.
HOW IT WORKS
1) EarthGuard consists of 600
Billionaire investor Chris Sacca yesterday said that “spraying particles into the Earth's atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays and slow global warming may now be the only way to save humanity.”
#SolarGeoengineering
#SRM
“Solar geoengineering can offset every degree of anthropogenic temperature rise for single-digit billions of dollars,” —Maxwell Tabarrok
#SolarGeoengineering
#SRM
A recent report commissioned by the Swedish Energy Agency & authored by
@RobertHoglund
,
@EveTamme
& others delves into the multifaceted dimensions of
#CarbonDioxideRemoval
methods.
The report:
📑 Discussed the role of carbon dioxide removal methods in contributing to attaining
🚨🦠Bacteria found 1,250 meters under Earth can turn carbon dioxide into carbonate minerals🦠🚨
If scientists figured out how to harness these bizarre microbes, they could offer a new way to capture GHGs in depleted fossil fuel reserves.
#CarbonSequestration
DETAILS: 🧵1/11
@thehistoryguy
Donate to one of the universities researching geoengineering (you can earmark funds for geoengineering research), or invest in climeworks, Carbon Engineering, or a renewables research company like Oxford photovoltaics
🔊🎧 Listen to this podcast in which journalist
@efenigson
discusses the U.N. report “One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Research and Deployment of
#SolarRadiationModification
,” published in February 2023.
🚨“Farmers around the world could help the planet reach
#CDR
goal set by the
#IPCC
by mixing crushed volcanic rocks into their fields,” a new study reports.
The study also reveals wet, warm tropics as the most promising locations for this climate intervention method.
#ERW
🧵1/9
🚨NEW: Cutting-edge research reveals that
#Biochar
paves a fast track to worldwide decarbonization. This groundbreaking data underscores biochar's immense potential for scaling
#CarbonRemovals
—a win-win for both humanity & our planet. 🌍
@Biochar_IBI
DETAILS IN A🧵⬇️
1/8
🚨Silicate minerals play a key role in weathering, converting atm CO2 into bicarbonate stored in H2O. Golf courses use quartz-dominated sand for turfgrass management, but could a switch to weatherable silicate minerals enhance C sequestration?
#ERW
Find this in a new study:🧵1/11
🚨📝𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑📝🚨
A recent study used "an Earth system model to examine the response of
#OceanAcidification
to idealized atmospheric
#CarbonDioxideRemoval
scenarios."
Details in a 🧵below ⬇️
1/8
"Cloud engineering could be more effective 'painkiller' for global warming than previously thought."
In a study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers at the University of Birmingham found that "marine cloud brightening (
#MCB
), also known as marine cloud engineering, works
🚨NEW STUDY🚨
🌋 A recent study by
@Olenellus
&
@GambixPT
published in
@geosociety
found that “an extinct
#volcano
off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of CO2, the equivalent of 24-125yrs of the country’s industrial emissions.”
#CarbonStorage
🧵1/9
"Cooling the Earth by 1°C for a decade would require sending up several million tons of aerosols annually, in part because sun-reflecting aerosols endure only about a year in the stratosphere. Aircraft have not yet been developed to deliver that much stuff that high. Setting up a
White House releases report on reflecting sunlight to cool the earth (
#SRM
), no formal study planned now —via
@CNBC
@CatClifford
𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒
🔸“The Biden-Harris Administration has no plans underway to launch a comprehensive research program into
There are 1000s of start-ups developing novel technologies and solutions to remove
#carbon
from the atmosphere. At
#carbonunbound
summit (Oct'2023) “9 of the most exciting early-stage companies working across CDR fields spotlighted.”
@UnboundSummits
#CarbonRemoval
DETAILS🧵1/29
"Though I personally would deeply prefer the world never had to resort to planetary engineering schemes, I have also long felt that it is going to happen regardless. The emissions trajectories just aren’t close to what’s needed, net-zero plans remain mired in magical thinking,
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄#𝟎𝟖: Jennifer Wilcox
@jwilceclab
𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒:
• Carbon capture
• Negative emissions
• Separation processes
🧵1/6
Given the controversy around
#SolarGeoengineering
, why would anyone want to research it?
"Because unlike
#CDR
it could quickly work: a stratospheric SRM program might start to cool the earth within a year. None of the researchers investigating its potential thinks that it should
📝💡 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬💡📝
Here's your roundup of top Carbon Dioxide Removal News Articles / Scientific Papers from the past week: (quite a busy week) 🌱🪨🎛️🌊
#CarbonDioxideRemoval
#CDR
🧵0/15
The engagement of non-governmental and civil society organizations in the field of Solar Radiation Management is ‘increasing’.
#SolarGeoengineering
#SRM
#NGOs
A THREAD ⬇️
🧵 1/21
“Solar geoengineering is becoming a respectable idea”
“One way to fix an accidentally altered climate is to alter it again deliberately.”
#SolarGeoengineering
Read in detail here:
@TheEconomist
“The cooling from Pinatubo’s 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide was geophysical happenstance; the droplets it formed were not of the optimal size. By making smaller, more effective droplets,
#geoengineers
could achieve the same reduction by spraying just a few million tons of
🚨 New study published today systematically explored how the choice of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection strategy affects climate responses in one climate model.
#SolarGeoengineering
#SAI
👥: Zhang,
@DougMacMartin
et al.
DETAILS 🧵1/15
Israel's Stealth
#SRM
Project—Stardust
In Israel, a startup called 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁 has begun testing a system to disperse a cloud of tiny reflective particles about 60,000ft in altitude, reflecting sunlight away from Earth to cool the atm.
🔗:
🧵1/10
“
#ClimateEngineering
is the cheapest way to get us out of this unfolding climate disaster, but how do we do it? Two new papers have recently been released - one discussing the need to start
#SAI
soon & the other introducing a new method of climate engineering. What are the pros
@capturaCO2
’s process starts by piping seawater to a reactor that uses electricity to split a few of the water molecules into positively charged protons and negatively charged hydroxyl ions. Those compounds react with sodium and chloride ions in the water to produce hydrochloric
Volcano Geoengineering:“A fascinating & contentious concept!”
This🧵centers on“The Ethics of Volcano Geoengineering”paper by
@MikeVolc
@anderssandberg
@laramani14
which explored the ethical aspects of using volcanic eruptions to combat climate change.1/11
🚨NEW STUDY🚨
🌊Recent study "presents the mass balances linked with
#CarbonDioxideRemoval
using seawater as both the source of reactants & as the reaction medium via electrolysis following the “Equatic” (formerly known as “SeaChange”) process."
🌊Details in a 🧵 below ⬇️
1/12
“𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏”—
@ScCloudMD
,
@kellywanser
& Olivier Boucher
“In a new development, '
#CoolingCredits
' are now being marketed that claim to
#offset
a certain amount of GHG warming with aerosol-based
It's what all the hip geoengineers are wearing. As modelled by
@peteirvine
at GeoMIP. Amusingly, Andy Parker lost his luggage on both the inbound and outbound flights, so we forced him to buy some really vile replacement clothes at a Chinese Uniqlo.
“Scattering sunlight-reflecting particles in the atm could slow rapid melting in West Antarctica and reduce the risk of catastrophic sea-level rise,” according to a new study led by Indiana University researchers.
#SAI
#SRM
#SolarGeoengineering
Read here:
🚨📝𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘📝🚨
"Researchers recently investigate the feasibility of industrial-scale geological
#CarbonSequestration
as an effective
#ClimateChange
mitigation technology."
📜Details are discussed in a🧵⬇️
[1/9]
Chemtr
@ilers
: seems a lot more of you are following this account now. So, a special briefing - just for you!
1) if you EVER tag us in conspiracy theory nonsense - chemtr
@ils
or otherwise - I'll instablock you (just like it says on the bio). This account runs on voluntary time and
Harvard announced this morning the termination of the SCoPEx atmosphere
#geoengineering
experiment that was first proposed a decade ago.
“The decision follows years of controversy and the departure of one of the program’s key researchers.”
✍️ |
@jtemple
🚨In a recent study, researchers have uncovered insights that shed light on the potential of
#EnhancedRockWeathering
. They examined an Icelandic Histic/Gleyic Andosol that has received substantial quantities of basaltic dust for ~3,300yrs.
DETAILS:🧵1/9
“
@martyodlin
is the founder of
@running_tide
, a global ocean health firm that has risen to become the world's largest nature-based CDR supplier. Speaking on the Horizon stage, Marty covers the opportunity, current gap & what is needed to allow the market to scale through the lens
Well, since you asked, I dream of multi-metre sea level rise, AMOC collapse, runaway methane release, and resulting migration/wars/starvation that lead to a Mad Max style global warlord anarchy - with only
@MakeSunsets
etc. doing anything serious about it.
@thehistoryguy
Happy to help you research in more depth as it's something I'm interested in. I'd start by looking at UEA (gifts) or Oxford pv (investment) if you're UK tax resident. I'm unaware of climate engineering firms that are tax efficient. Large sums merit specific arrangements.
The world can’t afford to politicize climate change research
"The idea that there is only one correct policy — cutting carbon emissions to zero in a short time frame — is absurd, and especially so when this sole policy is failing globally."
Divisive Sun-dimming study at Harvard cancelled: what’s next?
"As the climate crisis rages on, advocacy for testing controversial
#SolarGeoengineering
technology is ramping up."
Queensland scientists who have been altering clouds with tiny particles (used cannons to spray sea water over reef for 3 years) to try & limit the effects of global warming are presenting their findings for the first time at a milestone
#conference
in Brisbane this week.
“Unlike other CO2 Direct Air Capture technologies, the MechanicalTreeTM uses wind delivery of ambient air - avoiding the need for energy intensive forced convection used in by other
#DirectAirCapture
solutions. This means less energy required & lower capture costs.”
“What if we could preserve the Arctic ice as heat shield by thickening the ice in winter through pumping sea water on top of it in strategically chosen locations across the Arctic Sea? Fonger Ypma is a cleantech entrepreneur, who recently founded Arctic Reflections
Scientists calculated that “if materials such as Purdue’s ultra-white paint were to coat between 1% & 2% of the Earth’s surface, slightly more than half the size of the Sahara, the planet would no longer absorb more heat than it was emitting, and global temperatures would stop
📢𝐂𝐃𝐑.𝐟𝐲𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰📢
@cdr_fyi
released its 2023 Review today on the state of the carbon dioxide removals (
#CDR
) market.
🔗:
Key highlights and insights in a 🧵below:
1/13
On Monday, “climate tech startup
@Isometric_HQ
launched a publicly accessible platform to vet the science behind the growing number of startups pulling carbon from the atmosphere.”
#CDR
🚨Authors of the article “
#SolarGeoengineering
&
#CarbonRemoval
significantly lower economic climate damages” published yesterday argue that by supplementing mitigation activities with moderate solar geoengineering it is possible to achieve the global climate target of 1.5°C,
"Of course, there is no perfect singular solution. If we are to mitigate the impacts of a heating planet, multiple solutions are needed to support this desired outcome. “If you plant more trees, that will help with the urban heat island,” says Li. “Or if you can just replace your
NOAA gets dire warning about
#SolarGeoengineering
“The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather.”
➡️
"In collaboration with atmospheric researcher Simone Tilmes, Ulrike Niemeier has designed a scientific scenario for possible future use of
#SAI
technology.
Their scenario takes place in the year 2040. Special aircraft are employed to spray sulfur particles into the stratosphere
New study suggest that “Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (
#SAI
) may affect surface wind resources by modifying large-scale circulation patterns, such as a significant poleward jet-shift in the Southern Hemisphere.”
#SRM
NEW: Geoengineering to Address Sea Level Rise (SLR)
The IPCC's latest assessment report highlights alarming SLR projections under SSP585 scenarios. But could
#GeoEngineering
be our lifeline?
Let's dive into the findings of a groundbreaking study ():
🧵1/7
🚨The recent study by Claudel,
@geoengineering1
, Hoffmann & Xia proposes “centralized industrial manufacturing of monodisperse salt nanoparticles — with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle dispersal suggested, facilitated by aerosol mass reductions” to improve MBL cloud albedo.
#MCB
🧵1/8
Dear crypto 'experts' and scantily-clad women with OnlyFans bio links,
Maybe you do, in fact, 'like' our CDR posts. However, in the absence of other evidence, I'm assuming you're all spambots. So, if you're, say, a PhD student with an enterprising sideline, please identify
"3 carbon removal technologies you’ve probably never heard of:
1) Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering is working on a way to plant & manage seagrass fields for
#CDR
using “cutting-edge robotics.” Details are scant at this point. They are currently in stealth.
2) Blusink which has
"The direct air capture (
#DAC
) industry got a boost last week with the opening of Mammoth, the largest plant yet for sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but questions remain about whether the technology can scale up."
🚨JUST ACCEPTED! New study entitled “Marine-cloud brightening: an airborne concept” measured the feasibility of an alternative approach* to
#MCB
using industrially manufactured NaCl nanoparticles, aimed at reducing aerosol mass flux & improving delivery efficiency via Unmanned
🚨The recent study by Claudel,
@geoengineering1
, Hoffmann & Xia proposes “centralized industrial manufacturing of monodisperse salt nanoparticles — with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle dispersal suggested, facilitated by aerosol mass reductions” to improve MBL cloud albedo.
#MCB
🧵1/8
“
#SolarGeoengineering
could start soon if it starts small
It's possible to start a subscale deployment in just a few years. The climate effects would be tiny, but the geopolitical impact could be significant.”
Read an article by
@DKeithClimate
& Wake Smith here:
📢Marine Cloud Rebrightening - Funding Request📢
is seeking to raise USD 5 million to implement their proposal to prove the feasibility of Marine Cloud Brightening (
#MCB
) as a way to cool & re-brighten the planet, alongside broader existing efforts to
🚨NEW study explored a system that combines enhanced olivine weathering (EOW) with increased C fixation by diatoms.
EOW can boost ocean's ability to sequester DIC while stimulating diatom growth, which in turn would fix more C & reinforce biological C pump processes.
#CDR
🧵1/8
An estimated 250 000–500 000 children who are vitamin A deficient become blind every year.
Within 12 months of losing their sight,
↳ Half of them die
Deaths from GMOs.
↳ Zero.
“However, while we wait for a breakthrough that may never materialize, Sam Altman told
@Bloomberg
the planet is ‘going to have to do something dramatic’ & use ‘
#geoengineering
as a stopgap’ as emissions & temperatures continue to increase. That should set off some serious alarm
PAPER: Climate engineering by Passive daytime radiative cooling: Moving beyond materials towards real-world applications
Note: "Daytime radiative cooling is not part of Sunlight Reflection Methods (
#SRM
targeting shortwave radiation) but of Earth