Olivine weathering to capture CO2 and counter climate change

Professor Schuiling in front of a huge and very impressive olivine massif in Oman Olivine weathering to capture CO₂ and counter climate change - by R.D. Schuiling Abstract CO ₂ is emitted in large quantities as a consequence of our burning of fossil fuels. It has several unpleasant consequences, because it will probably cause climate change, and there are several reports that high levels of CO ₂ in offices and schools may impair the quality of thinking of the people that work there. Although higher levels of it in the atmosphere may also have some beneficial effects on vegetation, it should be considered as a possibly dangerous pollutant. Introduction Many new technologies are proposed to remove CO ₂ from the atmosphere, but strangely enough the only process that has always removed the excess of CO ₂ emitted by volcanoes since the origin of the Earth is barely considered. It is the weathering of minerals by which almost all the ...