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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.

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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.
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Power to the people

Dr Emily Cox suggests that to meet our decarbonisation goals, CO2 removal technologies are needed at scale. We need significant financial support, as well as mechanisms that can systematically build trust and dialogue across all parts of society.

| Geoscientist
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Geological solutions for carbon dioxide removal

To meet targets set in the Paris Agreement, we must stop emissions and actively strip carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Colleagues discuss enhanced rock weathering and carbon mineralisation, that show promise for CO2 removal.

| Geoscientist
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BBC Radio Four '39 Ways to Save the Planet' – Magical Rockdust

Discover how sprinkling rockdust on farm fields could help capture more carbon on the BBC Radio Four series '39 Ways to Save the Planet' featuring LC3M partner Rachael James, Professor of Geochemistry within the School of Ocean and Earth Science.

| BBC Sounds
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Jurassic era CO2 claim belongs with the dinosaurs

A Facebook user claims atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were 30 times higher during the Jurassic Period than at present, going on to suggest current levels of the greenhouse gas are lower than ever. Read the analsis on why this is not true.

| AAP Factcheck
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How battered rainforests recover

Former forest areas can regenerate with the help of soil bacteria. The microbes provide enough nutrients to stimulate plant regrowth. An abundance of leguminous tree species grows in tropical forests, but how do legumes obtain the necessary minerals?

| Frankfurter Allgemeine