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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.

An image showing the online applicant event details for 13th July for the SBRI MRV competition

Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition on Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV)

If you're a project partner working with or using data from one of the UK GGR Demonstrator projects, a new Innovate UK competition might interest you.

23 June 2022

An exterior photo of the Alfred Denny Museum with the Arts Tower in the background

We're recruiting for a PDRA

Find out more about our new post-doctoral position.

9 June 2022

A tractor spreading crushed basalt on farmland in Illinois as part of the LC3M trials — Copyright Jordan Goebig ISEE

Applying rock dust to croplands could absorb up to 2 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, research shows

16 May 2022

Low-carbon energy grids could help rock dust absorb more CO2

Greener electricity grids could help us to use rock dust to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reach net zero much quicker, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Sheffield.

6 May 2022

UK Enhanced Weathering