WEEKLY SUMMARY (02 JANUARY 2023-08 JANUARY 2023)
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WEEKLY SUMMARY (02 JANUARY 2023-08 JANUARY 2023)
CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED
AGU Draft position statement on Ocean Research and Education- Comments Open to AGU Members |Due Date: 9 January 2023
AGU Draft position statement on Climate Intervention- Comments Open to AGU Members |Due Date: 9 January 2023
DEADLINES
Carbon emissions/removals estimates under Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sector: field measurements, remote sensing, and modeling by EGU General Assembly 2023| Abstract submission | Due Date: 10 January 2023
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46457?s=09
Ocean alkalinity enhancement: a promising strategy for CO2 removal? by EGU General Assembly 2023 | Abstract Submission | January 10, 2023
PAPERS
Expert perceptions of game-changing innovations toward net zero
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X22002164
Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722027153
CO2 storage in chalks: What are we afraid of?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750583623000026
Limits and CO2 equilibration of near-coast alkalinity enhancement
https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/27/2023/
Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Stock of Agroforestry Tree Species Around Cyamudongo Isolated Rain Forest and Arboretum of Ruhande, Rwanda
POSTS
Methane emissions offset carbon uptake in Baltic macroalgae habitats
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-methane-emissions-offset-carbon-uptake.html
Biochar expands to Maine woods, great potential for expansion
https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/from-germany-to-maine-plans-advance-for-enfield-biochar-plant
You can't wait with buying carbon removal
CDR.fyi Year in review
https://medium.com/cdr-fyi/cdr-fyi-2022-year-in-review-d095acd9a1a0
NETL's January 2023 Carbon Capture Newsletter
Soil Revitalization: Global Policy Draft Recommendations & Sustainable Soil Management
FUNDINGS OPPORTUNITIES
Direct Air Capture Prizes
https://americanmadechallenges.org/challenges/direct-air-capture/
· DAC Pre-Commercial EPIC Prize|Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023
https://www.herox.com/DAC-pre-commercial-EPIC/timeline
· DAC Pre-Commercial Technology Prize|Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023
https://www.herox.com/DAC-pre-commercial-tech
· DAC Commercial Prize|Submission Deadline: 20 March 2023
https://www.herox.com/DAC-commercial
Opportunity: BIL Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs| Due Date: 13 March 2023
https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx
Apply to Pathfinders Call 2 (Winter 2023) – funding gaps in Greenhouse Gas Removal research and innovation | Due Date: 6 February 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal - Report launch by Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment | 19 January 2023
Exploring risk & uncertainty for actors in the new GGR sector by CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub | 08 February 2023
Scrubbing the Skies: Betting on Forest and Soils to Reach Net-Zero by Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy | 19 January 2023
Carbo Culture: Biochar at Scale -- CEO Henrietta Moon by OpenAir | 10 January 2023
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbo-culture-biochar-at-scale-ceo-henrietta-moon-tickets-489083510947
Preventing methane emissions by rehabilitating nutrient-impaired water by Methane Emissions Technology Alliance (META) | 12 January 2023
JOBS
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in CO2 Storage Security of Enhanced Rock Weathering | Department of Earth Sciences South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN
https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=161944
Accountant at AirCapture | Berkeley, CA
AirCapture is disrupting the commercial CO2 supply chain with on-site direct air capture (DAC) systems that pull CO2 from the atmosphere and make it immediately available for industrial and commercial processes. Our onsite DAC systems provide a cleaner, more cost-effective and reliable feedstock to our customers and further catalyze making atmospheric carbon dioxide removal at gigaton-scale economically viable on a greatly accelerated time frame.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/accountant-e3p4u
Mechanical Prototyping Contractor at Twelve | Berkeley, CA
Twelve is a new kind of chemical company built for the climate era. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products. We are a team of scientists, engineers, and problem solvers on a mission to fundamentally shift the way the world addresses climate change and lead the transition to a fossil-free future with our carbon transformation technology.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/mechanical-prototyping-contractor-jpohv
Carbon dioxide removal technology at KU Leuven | Brugge
KU Leuven is one of the top 50 universities in the world, and has been ranked as the most innovative university in Europe, and 7th in the world (Reuters, 2019).
The New Materials group at Campus Bruges belongs to the Department of Materials Engineering. The group is divided in two subgroups, ProPoliS concentrates mainly on polymer processing, whereas the Interfacial and Surface Engineering Research group (iR group) focuses on the development of novel and advanced materials through modification of material interfaces for several application domains (construction, energy, transport, health). One of the main research themes is on carbon capture, utilization and storage.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/carbon-dioxide-removal-technology-4afie
Customer Insights & User Experience Researcher at Takachar | Delhi | NCR
Takachar is a global organization, spun out of MIT, with a vision to dramatically increase the amount of biomass (crop and forest residues) economically converted into useful bio-products. Our impacts include income and job creation in rural areas, as well as mitigation of CO2 emission and air pollution associated with conventional open-air biomass residue burning. We have been recognized and supported by awards such as the Earthshot Prize, Elon Musk’s XPrize, Bill Gate’s Breakthrough Energy Fellowship and the UNEP Young Champions of the Earth Award 2020.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/customer-insights--user-experience-researcher-bijml
Pyrolysis Technician at Charm | San Francisco, CA
Charm’s mission is to reverse climate change and return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert waste biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into permanent, underground storage as carbon removal, or reform the bio-oil to produce syngas for fossil-free steel.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/pyrolysis-technician-fzbkq
Sr. Content Strategist at Carbon Direct | Seattle, WA
At Carbon Direct, we dedicate our scientific, software, and business expertise to empower organizations around the world to take climate action.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/sr-content-strategist-1s3ru
Head of Business Development and Sales at Inplanet | Remote
Inplanet accelerates natural mineral weathering to permanently sequester CO₂ and regenerate tropical soils. It partners with farmers to apply safe silicate rock powders under warmer and wetter conditions that can result in faster weathering rates and thus faster CO₂ drawdown. The team is developing monitoring stations to generate public field trial data to improve the field’s understanding of how weathering rates vary under tropical soil and weather conditions across Brazil.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/company/inplanet-gooit
Chief of Staff at Inplanet | Remote
Inplanet accelerates natural mineral weathering to permanently sequester CO₂ and regenerate tropical soils. It partners with farmers to apply safe silicate rock powders under warmer and wetter conditions that can result in faster weathering rates and thus faster CO₂ drawdown. The team is developing monitoring stations to generate public field trial data to improve the field’s understanding of how weathering rates vary under tropical soil and weather conditions across Brazil.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/chief-of-staff-y7zlu
Various jobs opening at Loam:
Loam is working to put agriculture at the forefront of addressing climate change.We deliver high quality CO2 removal with environmental co-benefits, by providing growers with unique tools and connecting them to business leaders who are driving our global path to net-zero. We focus on only the most credible approaches while working to ensure maximum efficiency.
· Australia Country Manager, Carbon Markets | New South Wales, Sydney
· Biostatistician| New South Wales, Orange
· Senior Formulation Scientist |New South Wales, Orange
· Development Consultant - Carbon Markets|Alberta, Calgary
· Geospatial Statistician|Alberta, Calgary
· Software Developer - Carbon Markets| Alberta, Calgary
· Greenhouse Manager| Minnesota, Saint Paul
https://www.loambio.com/join-us#vacant
Forest Scientist at Carbon Direct | Remote
At Carbon Direct, we dedicate our scientific, software, and business expertise to empower organizations around the world to take climate action.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/forest-scientist-5k0x7
Head of HR and Talent Acquisition at Inplanet | Remote
Inplanet accelerates natural mineral weathering to permanently sequester CO₂ and regenerate tropical soils. It partners with farmers to apply safe silicate rock powders under warmer and wetter conditions that can result in faster weathering rates and thus faster CO₂ drawdown. The team is developing monitoring stations to generate public field trial data to improve the field’s understanding of how weathering rates vary under tropical soil and weather conditions across Brazil.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/head-of-hr-and-talent-acquisition-uaoxb
Senior Electrical Controls Engineer at Nitricity | San Francisco, CA
Nitricity is a startup addressing climate change, and we are looking for your help! We are innovating in an essential chemical industry that supports global food systems. The bedrock of modern agriculture is the production, distribution, and application of the essential nutrients found in fertilizers. However, nitrogen fertilizer is currently made in coal- and gas-fired facilities located hundreds to thousands of miles away from farmers who need it. The $120B industry is responsible for as much as 6% of global CO2eq emissions. Nitricity Inc. has developed a new technology that produces fertilizer using air, water, and renewable electricity (e.g., solar). Growers will have access to a more reliable, low cost, and environmentally friendly fertilizer supply. We are actively growing our team to help us turn this vision into a reality.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/senior-electrical-controls-engineer-fggcq
Senior FP&A Lead at Heirloom | Brisbane, CA
Heirloom captures CO2 from the atmosphere by accelerating the natural properties of abundant, affordable rocks. We place these rocks in a low-cost, passive, engineered system that maximizes the surface area of the minerals exposed to the atmosphere. This simple, modular system has the lowest peer reviewed cost of any direct air capture system in the world, with potential to achieve gigaton scale at well under $100/ton.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/senior-fpa-lead-ve07h
Process Chemist at Carbon Engineering | Squamish, BC
CE was founded in 2009 with a clear mission – to develop and commercialize a technology that captures CO2 directly out of the atmosphere at megaton-scale. At Carbon Engineering, we’re focused on the global deployment of megaton-scale Direct Air Capture technology so it can have the greatest impact on the huge climate challenge. Our team and partners around the world are working to deploy Direct Air Capture facilities that can capture one million tons of CO2 per year each.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/process-chemist-qnuty
Autonomy Systems Engineer at Kodama Systems| Remote
Kodama Systems and the Yale Carbon Containment Lab are deploying a proof-of-concept method of storing waste woody biomass by burying it in anoxic chambers underground, preventing decomposition. The team will experiment with how chamber conditions and above-ground disturbances impact durability and reversal risk.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/company/kodama-ridpf
Thermal Design Engineer at Nitricity | San Francisco, CA
Nitricity is a startup addressing climate change, and innovating in an essential chemical industry that supports global food systems.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/thermal-design-engineer-bhhir
Backend Software Engineer at Heimdal | London
Heimdal is on a mission to lay the foundation for the climate changed future and slash net emissions by 90%. We are building out a new product and will be adding our first set of internal software engineering expertise. We are backed by renowned investors including Y Combinator, Cathexis Ventures, Sergey Brin of Google, Sam Altman’s Apollo Projects, Marc Benioff’s TIME and many others.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/backend-software-engineer-bep2a
Reactor Design Engineer at Nitricity | San Francisco, CA
Nitricity is a startup addressing climate change, and innovating in an essential chemical industry that supports global food systems.
https://www.carbonremovaljobs.com/job/reactor-design-engineer-icm0r
Venture Science Associate, Climate at marble | Remote
Marble is a climate tech venture studio. Our north star is to erase billions of tons from annual greenhouse gas emissions and create a thriving future.
PODCASTS
What's the dirt on soil carbon? | The Dirt by Loam
This episode covers: What's the dirt on soil carbon? What is CO2e? Does tillage affect carbon stocks?
How do you measure soil carbon? | The Dirt by Loam
This episode covers: How do you measure soil carbon? What’s the difference between Soil carbon & organic matter? Is carbon as important as NPK?
Intro to Loam - featuring co-founder Guy Webb | The Dirt by Loam
This episode covers: What Loam does? Why the company was started? Who the founders are that came together to form Loam? How Loam can help farmers build soil carbon and be paid for it?
An introduction to Direct Air Capture - with Prof. Christopher Jones (Prof. at Georgia Tech) |By NTNU Energy Transition Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3C9Qt6qKOBMxe1BQoqE96L?si=94a013acda874bdf
What policy measures can be used to support Direct Air Capture - with Sasha Mackler (Director Energy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center) |By NTNU Energy Transition Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/70CVY0TwqxVoNlyjKYYfcC?si=2a23bfbf50e4444e
Vorrath
pt1 - PYMICCS: enhanced weathering & biochar | By Reviewer 2 does
geoengineering
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vorrath-pt1-pymiccs-enhanced-weathering-biochar/id1529459393?i=1000592783148
Maria-Elena Vorrath discusses the Pymiccs project, combining enhanced weathering and biochar
Carbon
taxes & CDR subsidies - Franks | By Reviewer 2 does
geoengineering
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbon-taxes-cdr-subsidies-franks/id1529459393?i=1000592482320
Max Franks explores the link between the price for a carbon tax and the optimal subsidy for CDR. How and why do they differ?
Hansen: We Are Committed to 7ºC Warming! | By Clubhouse
https://www.clubhouse.com/room/MKVLW5Wx
Jame Hansen et al’s recent paper shows that taking long-term feedback into effect leads to 6~7ºC warming based on current atmospheric CO2 levels.
Advancing ERW Measurement | By Nori
https://nori.com/podcasts/carbon-removal-newsroom/Advancing-ERW-Measurement-e1t4nci
Radhika discusses the scientific challenges of measuring the CDR potential of enhanced weathering in a regular science panel with Dr. Shannon Valley and Dr. Jane Zelikova.
VIDEOS
There's a playlist with more videos on the topic, you can check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8369A27273314D8
In Conversation With Jason Hochman, Co-Founder and Senior Director of the Direct Air Capture Coalition | By Energy Intelligence
https://www.energyintel.com/in-conversation-with-jason-hochman-direct-air-capture-coalition
Lauren Craft, Editor of EI New Energy, talks with Jason Hochman, Co-Founder and Senior Director of the Direct Air Capture Coalition about the latest developments in the sector.
Unlocking Finance for Nature: Towards Scalable Carbon Monitoring Solutions | World Resources Institute
This event shows upcoming breakthroughs in how we monitor carbon removals from local landscape restoration, avoided emissions from reducing deforestation, net GHG emissions from commodity supply chains, and more. Hear from the leading scientists behind these breakthroughs, as well as the investors, policy-makers, companies and project developers who urgently need tailored yet scalable MRV solutions.
Carbon removal, conservation and community resilience: How blue carbon can deliver at scale | By Innovation Forum
In this webinar, the following topics were discussed:
• Why coastal ecosystems of mangroves,
seagrasses, and salt marshes are imperative to reaching 1.5°C targets
• How blue carbon projects can provide income,
subsistence resources, and additional co-benefits for local communities
• How will carbon accounting in blue carbon
work in practice? And what is the role of business in scaling the voluntary
blue carbon market?
Advancing the World’s First Carbon-Removal Marketplace | By Nasdaq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQ8z5X9gNY
Innovation is critical in the fight against climate change. That’s why Nasdaq and Puro. earth is advancing the world’s first carbon-removal marketplace – so companies can support carbon-negative technologies like biochar to remove carbon from the atmosphere at scale.
This Is CDR Ep.49: MRV for Ocean-Based CDR Methods with Dr. Jessica Cross, NOAA | By OpenAir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXhCa6jKsHQ
In this episode of This Is CDR, OpenAir welcomes NOAA Research Oceanographer Dr. Jessica Cross to discuss the challenges associated with the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of ocean-based CDR methods, and how we can seek to address them in a climate-relevant time frame.
Net Zero and Carbon Offsetting Lunch n Learn: Webinar Recording | By Supply Chain Sustainability School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWZrY7Xjzw
Methane emissions offset carbon uptake in macroalgae habitats in the Baltic Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJfiC4aY75U
Bladderwrack in the Baltic Sea emits significant amounts of methane, which, to some extent, can offset the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by these algae. This is shown by a study from Askö Laboratory, where the fluxes of greenhouse gases between surface waters and the atmosphere were measured continuously over several seasons.
This is Loam Bio | Loam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg297qzJFTo
Loam Bio is using the smallest microbes on the planet to tackle some of our biggest challenges. Learn how using the Loam Bio seed treatment can increase the amount of carbon captured in agricultural soils.