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The latest updates from the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation.
Find out about how funding from the Leverhulme Trust has helped LC3M's work on enhanced rock weathering for carbon dioxide removal.

New video about LC3M from the Leverhulme Trust

We're so delighted to share this short video about our enhanced rock weathering work at LC3M, from our funders at the Leverhulme Trust.

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New on the blog - Australian field sites recap 2016-2025

As part of our series of theme summaries, we're catching up with each key aspect each theme. Kicking off our Theme 3 field sites series is our recap of the progress and findings from our Australian field trials, Hesp and Howe.
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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.

View the newsletter in your browser
Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign
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.
Elliott Woodhouse

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.
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Read our new LC3M papers

New LC3M papers you might have missed
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Read the March 2023 LC3M Annual Newsletter

Missed our annual newsletter? Catch up on March 2023's edition here.
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Introducing the new RockFACE website

Find out more about our RockFACE trial in Illinois, US, on its very own brand new website.