Startup Sucks Carbon From the Air, Turns It Into Rock | IE

Rather than escaping into the atmosphere and trapping heat, the carbon is turned into rocks. Read how here.

The technology that enables engineers to strip carbon out of the thin air has been around for decades, but it is only in recent years that billionaires have joined the ranks of climate philanthropists to fund it as the warning tolls of global warming become louder. Elon Musk has most recently announced a $100 million prize for the best carbon capture technology, and such highly engineered solutions might help humanity to reverse some of the effects of climate change. A startup in Iceland, Carbfix, is not only capturing the carbon from the air but also injecting it into the ground where it…

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