News News stories The latest updates from the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation. 27 March 2024 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. 16 July 2024 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. 10 July 2024 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. Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (image credit Dimitar Epihov, Leverhulme Centre, University of Sheffield) 28 February 2024 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. Search Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Working Group III Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report An updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examination of the sources of global emissions. The report explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, with further impact assessment. 4 April 2022 | IPCC BBC World Follow the Food: ‘Turn back the climate clock on food production’ Researchers from LC3M, Carl Bernacchi and Lisa Ainsworth at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, discuss with BBC World Follow the Food how basalt could “turn back the climate clock on food production.” 15 March 2022 | BBC NFU report ‘Our journey to net zero’ The NFU pledged an ambition for British agriculture to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. Their report sets out the further action needed to achieve this. In the report’s PILLAR 3 section, see Professor David Beerling's contribution. 1 October 2021 | NFU online Pop-Up University: Solving Earth’s climate emergency by farming with rocks! A series of live experiments showing how rock dissolution (weathering) can help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Rock dissolution occurs naturally when rocks interact with water and this is important to help slow climate change. 15 September 2021 Can rock dust be a climate fix for agriculture? Scientists are dusting crop fields with pulverized rocks to supercharge the chemical process that grabs carbon from the air and sequesters it in the soil. All while increasing crop yields. 2 September 2021 | Food and Environment Reporting Network Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »