The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties

L Philippot, C Chenu, A Kappler, MC Rillig… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
In recent years, there has been considerable progress in determining the soil properties that
influence the structure of the soil microbiome. By contrast, the effects of microorganisms on …

Geochemical negative emissions technologies: Part I. Review

JS Campbell, S Foteinis, V Furey, O Hawrot… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over the previous two decades, a diverse array of geochemical negative emissions
technologies (NETs) have been proposed, which use alkaline minerals for removing and …

Global carbon dioxide removal potential of waste materials from metal and diamond mining

LA Bullock, RH James, J Matter, P Renforth… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is growing urgency for CO2 removal strategies to slow the increase of, and potentially
lower, atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Enhanced weathering, whereby the natural …

The Mining Industry's Role in Enhanced Weathering and Mineralization for CO2 Removal

IM Power, C Paulo, K Rausis - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enhanced weathering and mineralization (EWM) aim to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from
the atmosphere by accelerating the reaction of this greenhouse gas with alkaline minerals …

Solubility of the hydrated Mg-carbonates nesquehonite and dypingite from 5 to 35 C: Implications for CO2 storage and the relative stability of Mg-carbonates

AL Harrison, V Mavromatis, EH Oelkers, P Bénézeth - Chemical Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrated Mg-carbonate minerals form during the weathering of ultramafic rocks, and can be
used to store atmospheric CO 2 to help combat greenhouse gas-fueled climate change …

The utilization of alkaline wastes in passive carbon capture and sequestration: promises, challenges and environmental aspects

FWK Khudhur, JM MacDonald, A Macente… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkaline wastes have been the focus of many studies as they act as CO 2 sinks and have the
potential to offset emissions from mining and steelmaking industries. Passive carbonation of …

Accelerating Mineral Carbonation in Ultramafic Mine Tailings via Direct CO2 Reaction and Heap Leaching with Potential for Base Metal Enrichment and Recovery

JL Hamilton, S Wilson, B Morgan… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Accelerated carbonation of ultramafic mine tailings has the potential to offset CO2 emissions
produced by mining ores from Cu-Ni-platinum group element, podiform chromite …

Carbonation, cementation, and stabilization of ultramafic mine tailings

IM Power, C Paulo, H Long, JA Lockhart… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tailings dam failures can cause devastation to the environment, loss of human life, and
require expensive remediation. A promising approach for de-risking brucite-bearing …

Rates of atmospheric CO2 capture using magnesium oxide powder

K Rausis, AR Stubbs, IM Power, C Paulo - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnesium oxide (MgO) looping is a proposed technology for gigatonne-scale carbon
dioxide (CO 2) removal from the atmosphere. Here, we determined CO 2 removal rates by …

Hydrotalcites and hydrated Mg-carbonates as carbon sinks in serpentinite mineral wastes from the Woodsreef chrysotile mine, New South Wales, Australia: controls …

CC Turvey, S Wilson, JL Hamilton, AW Tait… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon mineralisation of ultramafic mine tailings can reduce net emissions of anthropogenic
carbon dioxide by reacting Mg-silicate and hydroxide minerals with atmospheric CO 2 to …