John Yaeger/Daily By Zayna Syed, The Michigan Daily Talk of carbon dioxide in U.S. politics usually revolves around how to reduce its emission into the atmosphere. However, this narrative was rebuked by entrepreneur Bernard David, founder of the Global CO2 Initiative, who spoke about how to turn carbon dioxide from an environmental liability into an…

This interdisciplinary seminar series brings leading researchers to campus in order to introduce faculty and students to atmospheric carbon dioxide removal and its associated opportunities, challenges and research needs. Entitled “Climate Change Mitigation: Moving Beyond Carbon Neutral,” this unique set of seminars is co-hosted by the university’s Energy Institute, its School of Environment and Sustainability…

If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet. Managed well, soil’s ability to trap carbon dioxide is potentially much greater than previously estimated, according to researchers who say the resource could “significantly” offset increasing global emissions. The scientists also call for a reversal of federal cutbacks to related research programs…

Listen to the presentation (MP3: 31MB, 76 minutes) View the slides (PDF: 5MB) Abstract After years of slow progress on achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, most climate stabilization scenarios now assume significant future ability to capture and store ambient atmospheric CO2, usually via photosynthesis and carbon sequestration in vegetation, soils, or geological storage. However, there…

Listen to the presentation (MP3: 44MB, 77 minutes) View the presentation slides (PowerPoint: 3MB) Abstract Despite deforestation and the conversion of forests to agricultural uses globally, the IPCC suggests that the net carbon sink globally amounts to around 1.5-2.0 Pg C per year. In the US, forests sequester around 0.2 Pg C per year. Much…