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February 12, 2016

Radical CO2 removal projects could be a risky business
Norwich, UK (SPX) Feb 12, 2016
Radical new ways of removing CO2 from the atmosphere could prove to be a risky business - according to an environmental scientist at the University of East Anglia. Techniques put forward include growing crops to be burned in power stations, large-scale tree plantations, adding biochar to soil, adding nutrients to sea water to boost plankton and seaweed, and using chemicals to extract CO2 from the atmosphere - to be buried deep underground. But a comment piece published in Nature shows that m ... read more

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