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Carbon dioxide could be turned into rock

By Hicbd
Sun Nov 6 2022 10:55 am

"On a beach in the Caribbean, a nonprofit called Project Vesta will soon begin testing a radical new way to fight climate change that involves spreading ground-up olivine—a cheap green mineral—over the sand, where ocean waves will break down the mineral, which in turn will pull CO2 from the air. “Our vision is to help reverse climate change by turning a trillion tons of carbon dioxide into rock,” says Tom Green, executive director of Project Vesta."

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https://www.fastcompany.com/90510254/ever-been-to-a-green-sand-beach-the-newest-geohack-to-fight-climate-change
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vesta
https://earthshotprize.org/winners-finalists/44-01/

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Carbon Emissions / Capture Business / Invention Idea Climate Change / Global Warming Beaches / Coastlines Rocks / Minerals Climate Engineering / Geoengineering Mining / Extractive Industry Nonprofit / NGO Idea Geology

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