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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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Legume trees key to supporting tropical forest growth

Researchers have found that nitrogen-fixing legume trees can support themselves and surrounding trees not only with increased access to nitrogen but with other key nutrients through enhanced mineral weathering.
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Climate news quiz: Rock dust and heat-ready cities

Test your knowledge about ways the climate is changing. Time to see if you’ve been paying attention to The Washington Post’s climate-related coverage. If you have, this quiz should be an easy A.

| Washington Post
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‘Climate urgency’ may dampen public acceptance of carbon dioxide removal technologies

Researchers from the Understanding Risk research group at the School of Psychology have carried out a pioneering study to gauge UK and US public acceptance on the use of carbon dioxide removal technologies to tackle climate change.

| Cardiff University
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Volcanoes can help to combat climate change

Spreading volcanic rock dust on farmland sounds a highly unlikely way to help to combat climate change, but studies show crushed rocks can soak up carbon dioxide from the air, and as an added benefit may also boost crop yields.

| The Times
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This solution to runaway emissions starts with crushed rocks

Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is gaining traction as the world struggles to lower greenhouse gases. The idea: grinding up certain types of rock and spreading them across a large land area can accelerate the Earth's natural rate of carbon absorption.

| Bloomberg