Engineered silicate weathering
Accelerate natural chemical weathering – which transfers CO2 from the atmosphere to the ocean – by electrochemically removing hydrochloric acid from the ocean and then neutralizing the acid by reaction with silicate rocks.
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
Responding to climate change? »Responding to climate change?
Immediate action required »Immediate action required
How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change? »How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?
Geoengineering »Geoengineering
CO2 management »CO2 management
Engineered silicate weathering
Can be powered by stranded energy sources »Can be powered by stranded energy sources
Increases the ocean's ability to absorb atmospheric CO2 »Increases the ocean's ability to absorb atmospheric CO2
Process is potentially beneficial to coral reefs »Process is potentially beneficial to coral reefs
Building industrial chlorine gas plants on coasts of volcanic rock »Building industrial chlorine gas plants on coasts of volcanic rock
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