The LOC-NESS experiment, funded with $10 million, seeks to enhance carbon capture by adding an antacid solution off Massachusetts. As global temperatures rise beyond the goals set in the Paris Agreement, scientists emphasize the necessity of carbon removal technologies. Multiple strategies are being pursued worldwide, from direct air capture facilities in the U.S. to bioenergy carbon capture in Europe. The combined goal is to eliminate over 6 billion tonnes of CO2 annually by mid-century to meet climate objectives and support corporate sustainability efforts.
Sometime in the next several months, a team of US scientists plans to pour a solution of antacid into the waves off the coast of Massachusetts.
The US$10-million experiment, dubbed LOC-NESS, aims to test one prominent strategy to reverse global warming by removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Governments, utility companies and hundreds of start-up organizations around the globe are now investing billions of dollars in carbon-removal strategies.
By some estimates, the world might need to remove more than 6 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year by mid-century.
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