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Is this the key to combatting climate change? Scientists are using a giant vacuum in Iceland dubbed The Mammoth to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every year

The Mammoth can remove the CO2 equivalent of 7,800 petrol cars each year Amongst all the complex science surrounding climate change, one possible solution sounds absurdly simple. Scientists have developed a massive vacuum in Iceland to suck up to 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every single year The Mammoth, as the plant has been dubbed, uses 72 modular …

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How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air

The Biden adminstration is funding projects by Occidental Petroleum and Climeworks that will remove carbon dioxide from the air. “If we deploy this at scale, this technology can help us make serious headway toward our net-zero emission goals.” Once operational, the hubs are expected to remove more than 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year from the atmosphere, …

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A climate startup claims to have captured carbon dioxide from the open air …

Air-scrubbing machines gain momentum, but long way to go

NEW YORK — On a field ringed by rolling green hills in Iceland, fans attached to metal structures that look like an industrial-sized Lego project are spinning. They say we need to suck massive amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air and put it back underground — yielding what some call “negative emissions.” “We have already failed on climate …

Direct air capture sucks carbon right out of the skies

Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher were, in the latter’s words, “young, motivated and maybe a bit naïve,” when they decided in 2009 to set up a company based on technology that could capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Climeworks, based in Zurich, Switzerland, specialises in direct air capture of carbon dioxide, which is then permanently stored underground. Climeworks’ carbon dioxide …

Direct Air Capture

The world's biggest carbon-sucking machine, billed as a tool to reduce climate change, has been switched on in Iceland. The $15 million 'direct air capture' machine, created by Zurich-based company Climeworks, launched on Wednesday at the Hellisheiði Power Station, Iceland. Called Orca, it will capture 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year as part of efforts to reduce levels …