Super excited to participate in the Yale YCNCC spring symposium on enhanced weathering. Two days of interesting panel discussions, talks – and most of all meeting fascinating people working on enhanced weathering from different backgrounds: science (natural & social!), business, policy.
Very inspiring to work at a place that brings together so many leading experts, helping to identify key challenges for enhanced weathering and bring about the collaborations to tackle them!
#ERW #CDR #MRV

Spent yesterday out in the field helping Quinn Zacharias prepare for their big enhanced weathering field trials! Soon, they'll amend the soils with basalt powder, which will (hopefully!) remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

The project is unique, because they will apply basalt to a complete watershed. Plus the catchment is continuously monitored and has ~60 years of baseline data! Can't wait for their results! 🤓

#ERW #CDR #MRV #enhancedweathering #fieldwork

Silicates were applied to Hubbard Brook Forest in New Hampshire. Mining, grinding, transport, and application of the mineral released 18 to 87x more CO₂ than was removed by enhanced rock weathering (#ERW) over 15 years.

We should absolutely research and develop ERW as #CDR, but it will be a long time (if ever) before these industrial processes are decarbonized and we cannot count on ERW as a climate solution until it removes more CO₂ than it releases.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-022-00942-8

Important read
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RT @LGiselICRC
What does #IHL say about explosive remnants of war #ERW?
@ICRC legal adviser @Irena_Giorgou lays out the #IHL obligations for States and non-State armed groups with regard to #ERW, with recommendations for practical measures to ensure their implementation.
http://bit.ly/3YX6928
https://twitter.com/LGiselICRC/status/1628785204620828673

Am #Samstag geht es übrigens weiter bei #ERW Eastside Revolution #Wrestling mit ERW "Christmas Bash" in der Sporthalle der 106. Grundschule in der #GroßenhainerStraße #dresden
Angeblich will der #weihnachtsmann auch kommen 🤫