Carbon removal beyond the trees

Emily Cox; Sean Low; Chad M. Baum; Livia Fritz; Laurie Waller; Elspeth Spence; Nick Pidgeon; Rob Bellamy

doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02226-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2025)

Carbon removal beyond the trees

Emily Cox,
Sean Low,
Chad M. Baum,
Livia Fritz,
Laurie Waller,
Elspeth Spence,
Nick Pidgeon,
Rob Bellamy

Affiliations

Emily Cox: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
Sean Low: Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University
Chad M. Baum: Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University
Livia Fritz: Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University
Laurie Waller: Department of Geography, University of Manchester
Elspeth Spence: Understanding Risk Group, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
Nick Pidgeon: Understanding Risk Group, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
Rob Bellamy: Department of Geography, University of Manchester

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02226-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a range of options for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a broad and socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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