May 28, 2023 - Your Scoop in CDR!

From Forgotten Formula to Climate Game Changer: A New Tool for … Scientists at Cornell University have re-purposed the 120-year-old Cottrell equation to understand the reactions carbon dioxide undergoes when subjected to electrochemistry, with the goal of converting the gas into useful products. The researchers believe that the classic equation can help electrochemists control the reactions to create desirable products like ethylene, ethane, or ethanol, effectively transforming an environmental issue into a renewable resource.

Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report - Mongabay Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report - Mongabay A new report published in Nature Climate Change suggests that trophic rewilding, or restoring and protecting the functional roles of animals in ecosystems, is an overlooked climate solution.

• Reintroducing just nine species or groups of species (including African forest elephants, American bison, fish, gray wolves, musk oxen, sea otters, sharks, whales and wildebeest) would help limit global warming to less than the 1.5°C (2.7°F) threshold set by the Paris Agreement, according to the report.

“Direct Air Capture Is Going To Be As Big As The Energy Industry … DAC and Project Bidon in Wyoming [But] what was interesting, there was an immediate backlash coming out of the Republican Party. They pulled out the 45Q and left it untouched. So from that perspective, it really shows how bipartisan the support is for carbon removal and DAC and other aspects of carbon capture. That gives me a fair bit of confidence to say that I don’t think this is going to be a political pawn.