Scientists now know that for Earth to stay within the temperature increase limit set by the Paris Agreement, negative emission technologies (NET), which remove and permanently sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are essential.
Scientists now know that for Earth to stay within the temperature increase limit set by the Paris Agreement, negative emission technologies (NET), which remove and permanently sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are essential.
The UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is bringing together an international team of experts to take on this challenge with a new four-year feasibility study.
The Solid Carbon project aims to permanently and safely sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) as rock. The vision is to extract CO2 directly from the air, then, using deep-ocean technology powered by ocean-based wind and solar energy, inject the CO2 into sub-seafloor basalt, where it will mineralize into solid carbonate rock.
PICS executive director Sybil Seitzinger says if this ambitious project proves feasible, oceans around the world could be home to floating platforms that house this NET solution.
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