Investment in carbon removal technologies is rising rapidly, but some models overestimate how much carbon is captured because they don’t cover all Earth processes.
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The Humber’s high output of clean energy could power direct air capture units and provide fossil-free CO₂.
Ocean carbon removal is picking up, just as Microsoft pulls out as a major funder of carbon removal projects.
Carbon removal strategies may conflict with biodiversity conservation, but careful choices could bring benefits.
Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.
Highly productive kelp forests are being touted as a natural climate solution, but do we know enough to count them as such?
New Zealand needs a legal arrangement that allows carbon capture and storage technologies to evolve without being a mere offshoot of the oil and gas industry.
Environmentalists have long been sceptical of carbon capture and storage, which began in the oil and gas industry. But there’s nothing else like it for storing emissions from industry.
The global carbon removal industry must be drastically scaled up to avert climate breakdown.
Planting trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere will only be effective alongside other strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people.
Global efforts to cut emissions fall well short of what’s needed to avoid dangerous warming. It’s becoming essential to develop carbon-removal strategies to get to net zero.
CCS remains a ‘handy excuse’ for extracting more fossil fuels, our review indicates.
The best thing to do is to stop emitting carbon. However, preserving a safe climate will likely require us to go further.
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University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Distinguished Professor in Chemistry and Renewable Energy, RMIT University
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Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Head of Policy and Partnerships, University of Oxford
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Research Associate in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Sheffield
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Marine Science, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Director of Research and Innovation, School of International Studies, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Environmental Politics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria