Global CO2 Initiative ANN ARBOR—Removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into useful products is the long-term goal of a new initiative at the University of Michigan. The Global CO2 Initiative is funded with up to $4.5 million—a maximum of $2.5 million in seed funding from Michigan Engineering and an additional $2 million in other fundraising…
Want to check out Noah Diech’s March 29 talk, “Opportunities for Advancing CO2 Removal Technology and Policy?” Watch the video on YouTube or view the presentation slides (PDF: 1MB). Abstract While carbon removal (i.e. negative emissions) is widely regarded by academics as critical for meeting aggressive climate goals, it is often described in theoretical terms…
Did you miss Tim Pearson’s Beyond Carbon Neutral Seminar Series talk on March 22? Watch the video on YouTube or view the slides (PDF: 5.5MB). Abstract Agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU) are responsible for about a quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Forestry and especially deforestation accounts for a third of the emissions…
Did you miss Rob Socolow’s Beyond Carbon Neutral Seminar Series talk on March 15? Watch Rob Socolow’s talk on YouTube. View the slides (PDF: 1.8MB) Abstract The extraordinary progress recently in wind and solar power, as well as batteries, brings into view an alternative future for the global energy system, with little use of fossil…
Did you miss Whendee Silver’s Beyond Carbon Neutral Seminar Series talk, “The Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Waste Conversion for Soil Carbon Sequestration” on February 22? View the presentation slides (PDF: 2.8MB). Listen to the audio (MP3: 32MB) from the presentation. Abstract The fields of ecology and biogeochemistry hold tremendous potential to contribute to our…
Did you miss John DeCicco’s Beyond Carbon Neutral Seminar Series talk, “Biofuels vs. Biodiversity and the Need to Think Beyond Carbon Neutral” on February 8? His slides are downloadable below. Download Biofuels vs. Biodiversity slides (PDF: 4MB) About the Talk Just over a decade ago, the United States gave a big boost to biofuels with…
