Potential for large-scale CO 2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands
Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW), deployable with croplands, has potential use for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) removal (CDR), which is now necessary to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. ERW also has possible co-benefits for improved food and soil security, and reduced ocean acidif...
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ftopenunivgb:oai:oro.open.ac.uk:71197 2023-06-11T04:15:40+02:00 Potential for large-scale CO 2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands Beerling, David J. Kantzas, Euripides P. Lomas, Mark R. Wade, Peter Eufrasio, Rafael M. Renforth, Phil Sarkar, Binoy Andrews, M. Grace James, Rachael H. Pearce, Christopher R. Mercure, Jean-Francois Pollitt, Hector Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Khanna, Madhu Koh, Lenny Quegan, Shaun Pidgeon, Nick F. Janssens, Ivan A. Hansen, James Banwart, Steven A. 2020-07-09 application/pdf https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/ https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/1/PDF_71197.pdf https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/8/71197.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9 unknown https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/1/PDF_71197.pdf https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/8/71197.pdf Beerling, David J.; Kantzas, Euripides P.; Lomas, Mark R.; Wade, Peter; Eufrasio, Rafael M.; Renforth, Phil; Sarkar, Binoy; Andrews, M. Grace; James, Rachael H.; Pearce, Christopher R.; Mercure, Jean-Francois; Pollitt, Hector; Holden, Philip B. <http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pbh56.html>; Edwards, Neil R. <http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/nre29.html>; Khanna, Madhu; Koh, Lenny; Quegan, Shaun; Pidgeon, Nick F.; Janssens, Ivan A.; Hansen, James and Banwart, Steven A. (2020). Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands. Nature, 583 pp. 242–248. Journal Item Public PeerReviewed 2020 ftopenunivgb https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9 2023-05-28T06:03:47Z Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW), deployable with croplands, has potential use for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) removal (CDR), which is now necessary to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. ERW also has possible co-benefits for improved food and soil security, and reduced ocean acidification. Here we use an integrated performance modelling approach to make an initial techno-economic assessment for 2050, quantifying how CDR potential and costs vary among nations in relation to business-as-usual energy policies and policies consistent with limiting future warming to 2 degrees Celsius. China, India, the USA and Brazil have great potential to help achieve average global CDR goals of 0.5 to 2 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per year with extraction costs of approximately US$80–180 per tonne of CO 2 . These goals and costs are robust, regardless of future energy policies. Deployment within existing croplands offers opportunities to align agriculture and climate policy. However, success will depend upon overcoming political and social inertia to develop regulatory and incentive frameworks. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of ERW deployment, including the potential for excess industrial silicate materials (basalt mine overburden, concrete, and iron and steel slag) to obviate the need for new mining, as well as uncertainties in soil weathering rates and land–ocean transfer of weathered products. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification The Open University: Open Research Online (ORO) Nature 583 7815 242 248 |
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Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ERW), deployable with croplands, has potential use for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) removal (CDR), which is now necessary to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. ERW also has possible co-benefits for improved food and soil security, and reduced ocean acidification. Here we use an integrated performance modelling approach to make an initial techno-economic assessment for 2050, quantifying how CDR potential and costs vary among nations in relation to business-as-usual energy policies and policies consistent with limiting future warming to 2 degrees Celsius. China, India, the USA and Brazil have great potential to help achieve average global CDR goals of 0.5 to 2 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per year with extraction costs of approximately US$80–180 per tonne of CO 2 . These goals and costs are robust, regardless of future energy policies. Deployment within existing croplands offers opportunities to align agriculture and climate policy. However, success will depend upon overcoming political and social inertia to develop regulatory and incentive frameworks. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of ERW deployment, including the potential for excess industrial silicate materials (basalt mine overburden, concrete, and iron and steel slag) to obviate the need for new mining, as well as uncertainties in soil weathering rates and land–ocean transfer of weathered products. |
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Beerling, David J. Kantzas, Euripides P. Lomas, Mark R. Wade, Peter Eufrasio, Rafael M. Renforth, Phil Sarkar, Binoy Andrews, M. Grace James, Rachael H. Pearce, Christopher R. Mercure, Jean-Francois Pollitt, Hector Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Khanna, Madhu Koh, Lenny Quegan, Shaun Pidgeon, Nick F. Janssens, Ivan A. Hansen, James Banwart, Steven A. |
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Beerling, David J. Kantzas, Euripides P. Lomas, Mark R. Wade, Peter Eufrasio, Rafael M. Renforth, Phil Sarkar, Binoy Andrews, M. Grace James, Rachael H. Pearce, Christopher R. Mercure, Jean-Francois Pollitt, Hector Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Khanna, Madhu Koh, Lenny Quegan, Shaun Pidgeon, Nick F. Janssens, Ivan A. Hansen, James Banwart, Steven A. Potential for large-scale CO 2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands |
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Beerling, David J. Kantzas, Euripides P. Lomas, Mark R. Wade, Peter Eufrasio, Rafael M. Renforth, Phil Sarkar, Binoy Andrews, M. Grace James, Rachael H. Pearce, Christopher R. Mercure, Jean-Francois Pollitt, Hector Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Khanna, Madhu Koh, Lenny Quegan, Shaun Pidgeon, Nick F. Janssens, Ivan A. Hansen, James Banwart, Steven A. |
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Potential for large-scale CO 2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands |
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Potential for large-scale CO 2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands |
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Potential for large-scale CO 2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands |
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https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/1/PDF_71197.pdf https://oro.open.ac.uk/71197/8/71197.pdf Beerling, David J.; Kantzas, Euripides P.; Lomas, Mark R.; Wade, Peter; Eufrasio, Rafael M.; Renforth, Phil; Sarkar, Binoy; Andrews, M. Grace; James, Rachael H.; Pearce, Christopher R.; Mercure, Jean-Francois; Pollitt, Hector; Holden, Philip B. <http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pbh56.html>; Edwards, Neil R. <http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/nre29.html>; Khanna, Madhu; Koh, Lenny; Quegan, Shaun; Pidgeon, Nick F.; Janssens, Ivan A.; Hansen, James and Banwart, Steven A. (2020). Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands. Nature, 583 pp. 242–248. |
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