Ain't nothin' corny about this post, it's just our typical 'cornute' to work 🌽 Check out how we sample corn fields in Illinois to measure carbon drawdown with enhanced weathering - we added our soil amendments last October, and have been monitoring the fields' soil waters ever since 🤘 #climatechange #climatescience #climatejobs #climatecommute
About us
We remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by accelerating Earth’s natural carbon dioxide regulating mechanism - weathering. Head to our website, or email us at [email protected] to learn more.
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http://silicatecarbon.com
External link for Silicate
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- Environmental Services
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Employees at Silicate
Updates
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We are delighted to introduce Aoife Schmitt as the latest addition to our team, and Olivier Coppieters 't Wallant who is interning for the summer. Aoife was part of the Tufts University team that won the 2024 NCAA national rowing championship 🙌, and is now heading up our carbon dioxide removal work in the Midwest! Hailing from New York City, Aoife has traded the hustle and bustle of NYC for the serene plains of Illinois… talk about a change of scenery! 🌽 🚜 With Aoife's background in air pollution research and fieldwork, and Olivier's studies in environmental science, the pair are just as at home in the field as they are in Northwestern University's clean lab. The samples they collect from our field trials are analysed in the lab so that we can understand the carbon removal potential of enhanced weathering in the Midwest. Welcome to the team, Aoife and Olivier :) #climatechange #climatejobs #carbondioxideremoval
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We are delighted to announce that Zurich Insurance has signed a multi-year agreement with Silicate to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through enhanced weathering. This contract marks another important step in our journey to enhance a natural carbon sink, mineral weathering, to durably remove excess CO₂ from the atmosphere. We are grateful for supporters like Zurich Insurance for including this promising carbon dioxide removal solution in their climate strategy to achieve net-zero operational emissions by 2030. As long-term investors, insurers play a unique role in scaling novel climate technologies like enhanced weathering, and we are excited to be the first enhanced weathering developer to be included in Zurich Insurance’s carbon removal portfolio! Read more about Zurich Insurance's strategy to achieve net-zero operational emissions by 2030: https://lnkd.in/eWrnRYJi #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #EnhancedWeathering
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We are delighted to welcome Luke Crehan to our team! 👨🔬 With a background in sustainability and a passion for green chemistry, Luke is here to help us crush our goal of capturing CO2 with milled returned concrete. Luke takes samples from our field experiments for analysis back in the lab, running various tests to quantify the CO2 we've captured through enhanced weathering. Welcome to the team, Luke :) #jobs #carbondioxideremoval #climate
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Amidst rising global temperatures and continued challenges in agriculture, Silicate – a BE Fellows project – is pioneering solutions that promise environmental sustainability and agricultural resilience. Recently featured on CBS News, Silicate’s CEO Maurice Bryson highlighted their approach to combating rising CO2 levels on farms worldwide. Watch their segment here: https://nt-z.ro/3XMu5aQ
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What a week of #climate #innovation at the #BESummit24 🙌 A heartfelt thank you to the Breakthrough Energy Fellows family for inviting Silicate to join last week's event. Three days of catalytic conversations, pitches and presentations that will most definitely move the needle on global #decarbonisation. Here are a few of our favourite snaps from the event; what are yours? 🤳
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New blog post offering a behind-the-science glimpse into our recent paper in Applied Geochemistry 🙌 🙌 How did we run this trial, and what did we learn from it? Read on to find out :) 📗 https://lnkd.in/eJZ2fxDw
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Our US work was featured on the CBS Saturday Morning show 📺 We are undertaking an innovative trial with returned concrete in the US Midwest to understand the carbon removal potential of enhanced weathering in the region. Thank you Roxana Saberi for coming to meet us, and Erich Schott for being a 🌟. https://lnkd.in/eXDvtpBw
Farmer takes part in unusual experiment to help farm thrive amid rising temperatures
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We published a peer-reviewed paper in Applied Geochemistry 🎉 A first for enhanced weathering field experiments: we weathered returned concrete (carbonate minerals) in an arable field; most trials have weathered basalt (silicate rock). This paper is important because: 1️⃣ It measured the product of the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) weathering step: bicarbonate. Most studies and companies look at soils to measure weathering, then infer CDR from the dissolution data. Unfortunately, weathering may ≠ CDR; it all depends on the acid dissolving the material. (Carbonic acid for the win 💘.) 2️⃣ It assessed the CDR potential of carbonate minerals as opposed to silicate minerals, like olivine (the fraction of basalt that weathers to form bicarbonate). 3️⃣ It demonstrated economically-viable rates of CDR (0.55tCO2/hectare/year) based on water measurements (direct assessment of CDR), which have not been seen in much of the silicate enhanced weathering literature. (To see a comprehensive list of enhanced weathering field studies, check out the literature section at the bottom of our science page.) 📖 https://lnkd.in/eDSHFFCF #enhancedweathering #carbondioxideremoval #geochemistry #science
Enhanced weathering for CO2 removal using carbonate-rich crushed returned concrete; a pilot study from SE Ireland
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Growth spurt imminent 🥦 We are hiring! We are looking for a PhD research scientist, with experience in low-temperature geochemistry/biogeochemistry/hydrochemistry or soil science, as well as field and lab technicians to join our rocking team in Dublin, Ireland. Know anyone (maybe you?) who could be a good fit? Please send applications to our careers page: https://lnkd.in/evw-fbrD #jobs #climatejobs #climatecareers #climatechange #climateaction #carbondioxideremoval