Environmental and health impacts of atmospheric CO2 removal by enhanced rock weathering depend on nations’ energy mix

Rafael M. Eufrasio; Euripides P. Kantzas; Neil R. Edwards; Philip B. Holden; Hector Pollitt; Jean-Francois Mercure; S. C. Lenny Koh; David J. Beerling

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00436-3

Communications Earth & Environment (May 2022)

Environmental and health impacts of atmospheric CO2 removal by enhanced rock weathering depend on nations’ energy mix

Rafael M. Eufrasio,
Euripides P. Kantzas,
Neil R. Edwards,
Philip B. Holden,
Hector Pollitt,
Jean-Francois Mercure,
S. C. Lenny Koh,
David J. Beerling

Affiliations

Rafael M. Eufrasio: Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre, Management School, University of Sheffield
Euripides P. Kantzas: Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield
Neil R. Edwards: Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University
Philip B. Holden: Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University
Hector Pollitt: Cambridge Centre for Energy, Environment and Natural Resource Governance, University of Cambridge
Jean-Francois Mercure: Cambridge Econometrics Ltd
S. C. Lenny Koh: Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre, Management School, University of Sheffield
David J. Beerling: Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00436-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Enhanced rock weathering is competitive with other carbon sequestration strategies in terms of land, energy and water use with its overall sustainability dependent on that of the energy system supplying it, according to a process-based life cycle assessment.

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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