Carbon capture and sequestration Current Affairs, GK & News

Blue Carbon & Blue Carbon Initiative

Blue carbon refers to the carbon captured by living organisms in oceans and stored in the form of biomass and sediments from mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems. The Blue Carbon Initiative focuses ..

Topics: Aquatic ecology • Biological oceanography • Blue carbon • Carbon capture and sequestration • Chemical oceanography • Ecosystems • Mangrove • Marine ecosystem • Nature • Oceanography • Physical geography • Seagrass

World’s first negative emissions plant that turns CO2 into stone opened in Iceland

The world’s first negative emissions plant that turns carbon dioxide (CO2) into stone has begun operations in Hellisheidi, Iceland. In it, the CO2 is captured from ambient air, bound to water, and sent to more than 700 meters underground. There, the CO2 reacts with the basaltic bedrock and forms solid minerals, creating a permanent storage ..

Topics: Carbon capture and sequestration • Carbon capture and storage • Carbon dioxide • Chemical compounds • Chemical substances • Chemistry • Climate engineering • Direct air capture • Greenhouse gases • Propellants