UK Enhanced Rock Weathering GGR Demonstrator Enhanced rock weathering (ERW): investigating the utility of crushed silicate rock on farmland to remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and improve UK food and soil security. You are here Home UK Enhanced Rock Weathering GGR Demonstrator About us Research People CO2RE & the GGR Demonstrator Programme Field sites Research themes Field sites for GGR by UK agriculture Measuring weathering, removal & storage Shutterstock Public engagement & acceptability Sustainable supply chain & scalability Modelling assessment for UK GGR via ERW News Sugar beet at a farm in South East England, cultivated with basalt 25 April 2022 Crushed rocks on UK farmland could absorb up to 45% of the atmospheric CO2 needed for net zero targets Adding rock dust to UK agricultural soils could absorb up to 45 per cent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide needed to reach net zero, according to a major new study led by scientists at the University of Sheffield. 25 July 2022 Prof David Beerling awarded Honorary Degree from Cardiff University Our Director, Prof David J Beerling FRW FLSW has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Cardiff University for his outstanding contribution to science. 19 July 2022 Our Plynlimon field site features in a Ecological Continuity Trust podcast Listen to our Plynlimon field site manager Alan Radbourne, and collaborator Jack Cosby, speaking recently with the Ecological Continuity Trust about the Plynlimon catchment area and how it features as part of our Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator. Published by the Ecological Continuity Trust on their Soundcloud channel View all UK Enhanced Weathering news
