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Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?
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Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?

CO2 could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe.

Elizabeth Kolbert
The New Yorker, 2017
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CO­2 levels have reached a record high and could lead to disastrous climate change if left unchecked. Besides reducing emissions, it has now become necessary to remove the CO­2 already in the atmosphere. New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert gives an informative and cautionary look at two technologies for CO­2 removal, some of the major parties involved, and the challenges facing the technologies’ widespread application. getAbstract recommends this article to those who are interested in cutting-edge, world-saving technologies and who enjoy moderate weather.

Take-Aways

  • The process of “negative emissions” subtracts CO­2 from the atmosphere, and is a way to limit the rise in global temperatures.
  • Direct air capture is a technology that removes CO­2 directly from ambient air.
  • Carbon capture and storage (CCS) sequesters CO­2 from emission sources before it has a chance to reach the atmosphere.

About the Author

Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer for The New Yorker and an author. She won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.

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