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Read the 2024 LC3M Annual Newsletter

Missed our annual newsletter this year? Catch up on all our news by reading it online in your browser. We've captured all our activities, from theme updates across all of our work packages, to new papers and press engagement.

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Catch up with our Theme 1 Modelling progress since 2016

We're starting to summarise all of our Themes' work since we began LC3M in 2016. We're beginning with Theme 1, Earth System Science Modelling, by looking at our modelling research progress from 2016 up to 2023, split into 3 parts chronologically.
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LC3M milestones - a visual guide to 2024

In this visual guide, see our key points, including landmark papers, field trial firsts, press moments and external funding obtained from our Centre's launch in 2016 up to 2024.

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Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (image credit Dimitar Epihov, Leverhulme Centre, University of Sheffield)

New paper out! Field trials reveal crushed rock boosts carbon removal and improves crop yields

Read the press release for our new paper on CO2 removal and increased crop yields via Enhanced Rock Weathering, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Our team is hiring - University of Exeter/OU applicaton closes 31st July

We're looking for someone with modelling experience and an interest in climate policy and agriculture to join our team at the University of Exeter.

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The Carbon Business Council publishes its new Enhanced Rock Weathering primer, and the Enhanced Weathering Alliance launches

The Carbon Business Council publishes its new Enhanced Rock Weathering primer, in tandem with the launch of the Enhanced Weathering Alliance. Our Director, Prof David Beerling, has advised on this exciting new policy primer.
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A new PhD spotlight blog: hear from Mike Kelland

Our new blog series continues to explore our PhD students' work within LC3M. Here, we hear from Mike Kelland on his experiences as a mature student, why he chose climate change mitigation and his thoughts on the future of ERW.
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New PhD spotlight series

Our new blog series explores our LC3M-funded PhD students' work, with key insights from their studies.
First up, philosophy student Elliott Woodhouse shares findings from his thesis on the environmental ethics of climate engineering.

Policy landscape for carbon removal in the US & EU

Watch this recording of Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture, explaining the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) policy landscape in the US and EU.