archiveMay 12, 2023

Around 0.5% of global carbon emissions could be captured while crushing rocks used in construction, new research suggests. The materials and construction industry accounts for 11 per cent of global carbon emissions and more than 50 billion tonnes of rock are crushed worldwide every year. Current crushing processes, standard in construction and mining, do not capture carbon dioxide CO2. The research paper ‘Mechanochemical processing of silicate rocks to trap CO2’, published in Nature Sustainability, says that almost no additional energy would be needed to trap carbon dioxide. 0.5 per cent...

The journey to net zero aviation is getting shorter thanks to a range of innovations aimed at reducing air travel carbon emissions. Major investment is going into new technologies and practical approaches to reduce the environmental impact of air travel with airlines, scientists, engineers and Formula One teams driving developments in sustainable fuel and low carbon technology. Sustainable aviation was on the royal agenda as King Charles, in his first engagement as King, launched a new £58 million net-zero aviation lab at the University of Cambridge, the facility set to become one of...