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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rafael M. Eufrasio, Euripides P. Kantzas, Neil R. Edwards, Philip B. Holden, Hector Pollitt, Jean-Francois Mercure, S. C. Lenny Koh, David J. Beerling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00436-3