A drone photo showing an overview of the RockFACE field experiment site. Photo credit: James Baltz

RockFACE

RockFACE is a unique highly innovative enhanced rock weathering field trial using Free Air CO2 Enrichment technology (FACE). It's a trial in Illinois, US, within the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation, a ten-year project that studies enhanced rock weathering for greenhouse gas removal

Research

A photo taken from above showing staff working on crops within the RockFACE elevated CO2 ring
What is RockFACE? 
An annotated photo showing the FACE ring infrastructure replicated in each half of all 8 rings, credit James Baltz
Photo credit: James Baltz
Scientific goals 
A drone photo showing an overview of the RockFACE field experiment site. Credit: James Baltz
Photo credit: James Baltz
Site design 

News

A photo showing mesh pouches of basalt buried in soil at the RockFACE field site

RockFACE season 2 update

We catch up with our US student, Megan Allen, on how the second season at the RockFACE farm has gone.

A photo showing one of the enrichment rings at the RockFACE site

Update on our field season

Introducing RockFACE! How has the site progressed over the course of our first basalt-based field season? Our student in the US, Megan Allen, updates us on key happenings, from basalt application to crop emergence through to sampling and harvest.

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A drone photo showing an overview of the RockFACE field experiment site. Photo credit: James Baltz