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A climate solution you might not think of.

Just Have a Think 9:29

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Climate solutions are desperately needed right now. You might not immediately think of going to the mining industry to find one of them though. But research shows shows that the unwanted by-product of the mining industry, rock dust, could be a transformational supplement to agricultural soils all over the world.

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Research Links

Footage at 2:33 Courtesy of the McCoy Corporation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjvYOKTGSw4&t=32s

Anthropocene Article by Emma Bryce
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/the-simple-act-of-spreading-rock-dust-on-farms-is-an-overlooked-but-tantalizing-climate-solution/

Anthropocene Article by Dan Ferber
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/01/enhanced-rock-weathering/

Leverhulme Centre for Climate Mitigation
https://lc3m.org/about/

2022 Leverhulme Paper
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-00925-2#:~:text=We%20find%20that%20enhanced%20rock,to%20meet%20net%2Dzero%20emissions.

2020 Leverhulme Paper
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2448-9

DACCS

https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/the-amount-of-energy-required-by-direct-air-carbon-capture-proves-it-is-an-exercise-in-futility/2-1-1067588

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222002607

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