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ERW discussion meeting at the Royal Society, 17-18 November 2025

This meeting will discuss advances and uncertainties in terrestrial enhanced weathering, a key carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate change mitigation. Find out more and register now on the Royal Society's webpage for our event.

Published on the Royal Society website
Workshop in Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, conducted by researchers from the Cardiff University and SEARRP (Photo: Nick Pidgeon)
Workshop in Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, conducted by researchers from the Cardiff University and SEARRP (Photo: Nick Pidgeon)

New on the blog - Malaysian Borneo field trials update 2016-2025

Continuing our series of theme summaries and concluding our field site updates until next year, here we're recapping of the progress and findings from our field trials in Malaysian Borneo, from 2016 to 2025.

Basalt is applied to harvested soybean fields at the University of Illinois Energy Farm in November 2019
Basalt is applied to harvested soybean fields at the University of Illinois Energy Farm in November 2019. 2019 was the first year of soybean production in basalt-treated fields in Illinois

New on the blog - Illinois field trials update 2016-2025

Continuing our series of theme summaries, here we're recapping of the progress and findings from our Energy Farm field trial in Illinois in the US, from 2016 to 2025.

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New on the blog - Australian field sites recap 2016-2025

As part of our series of theme summaries, we're catching up with each key aspect each theme. Kicking off our Theme 3 field sites series is our recap of the progress and findings from our Australian field trials, Hesp and Howe.
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BBC Radio Four '39 Ways to Save the Planet' – Magical Rockdust

Discover how sprinkling rockdust on farm fields could help capture more carbon on the BBC Radio Four series '39 Ways to Save the Planet' featuring LC3M partner Rachael James, Professor of Geochemistry within the School of Ocean and Earth Science.

| BBC Sounds
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Jurassic era CO2 claim belongs with the dinosaurs

A Facebook user claims atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were 30 times higher during the Jurassic Period than at present, going on to suggest current levels of the greenhouse gas are lower than ever. Read the analsis on why this is not true.

| AAP Factcheck
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How battered rainforests recover

Former forest areas can regenerate with the help of soil bacteria. The microbes provide enough nutrients to stimulate plant regrowth. An abundance of leguminous tree species grows in tropical forests, but how do legumes obtain the necessary minerals?

| Frankfurter Allgemeine
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LC3M Students discuss climate goals with the public at HUG festival

LC3M PhD students presented and answered questions from the public at HUG Green Arts Festival. The festival aimed to assist connection around climate change. An educational seminar was held by members of the University of Sheffield and Nottingham.

| Moorlands Climate Action
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Green sand beaches could erase carbon emissions

By spreading a unique green sand over a Caribbean beach, Project Vesta hopes to pull tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and lock it away for eons. Once placed on the beach, the green sand sequesters carbon all on its own.

| Freethink