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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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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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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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World-first carbon sequestration trial launches in Wales

A carbon sequestration trial has been unveiled in Carmarthenshire. More than 25,000 new trees will be planted on 28 acres of land, aiming to accelerate and enhance the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through reforestation.

| Wales Farmer
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Soil microbe transplant could improve tree growth and remove more CO2

The soil equivalent of a faecal microbiome transplant and the effect of sprinkling rock dust are to both be tested at scale in tree-planting schemes to see if they can turbocharge the amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere.

| NewScientist
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Landmark carbon study led by new charity, The Carbon Community

We’re excited to share this landmark field trial in Wales which aims to uncover a new reforestation approach involving co-deployment with enhanced rock weathering to accelerate carbon sequestration in trees and soil to tackle the climate crisis.

| The Carbon Community
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Enhanced mineral weathering in agriculture to capture greenhouse gases

A team is coordinating a large multi-partner research project to assess the feasibility of using enhanced mineral weathering to capture greenhouse gases and enhance UK food and soil security. IOM3 is a partner of the Expert Advisory Group.

| Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
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UK invests over £30m in large-scale greenhouse gas removal

Professor Beerling will lead a collaborative Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator, aiming to help the UK getting to net-zero by 2050, utilising agriculture and crushed rocks via three large scale field trials and targeted public engagement research.

| UKRI