Potential CO2 removal from enhanced weathering by ecosystem responses to powdered rock

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 545 - 549
• Main Authors: Goll, Daniel S., Ciais, Philippe, Amann, Thorben, Buermann, Wolfgang, Chang, Jinfeng, Eker, Sibel, Hartmann, Jens, Janssens, Ivan, Li, Wei, Obersteiner, Michael, Penuelas, Josep, Tanaka, Katsumasa, Vicca, Sara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.08.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/4077/4057; 704/106/47/4113; 704/47/4113; Afforestation; Basalt; Carbon capture and storage; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide removal; Carbon footprint; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sources; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Deployment; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Ecosystems; Emission analysis; Emissions; Feasibility studies; Fertility; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Land management; Land surface models; Ocean, Atmosphere; Paris Agreement; Perspective; Removal; Rocks; Sciences of the Universe; Soil; Soil amendment; Soil fertility; Soil improvement; Technology; Uptake; Weathering

Negative emission technologies underpin socioeconomic scenarios consistent with the Paris Agreement. Afforestation and bioenergy coupled with carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) capture and storage are the main land negative emission technologies proposed, but the range of nature-based solutions is wider. Here w...