Essential weekly news in the world of geoengineeering. Plenty of analysis, chat and advice on how not to science. And a big shout out for seaweed.

19/10/2020 53 min

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The links for articles we discussed today are below:  
A World Resources Institute Report: Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential
https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/10/ocean-carbon-dioxide-sequestration
China's 2060 carbon neutrality goal will require up to 2.5 GtCO2/year of negative emissions technology deployment
https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.06723
Microsoft Joins Norwegian Offshore Carbon Capture Project
https://www.oedigital.com/news/482431-microsoft-joins-norwegian-offshore-carbon-capture-project
Carbon capture receives global push from Mitsubishi Heavy
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Environment/Carbon-capture-receives-global-push-from-Mitsubishi-Heavy
UCLA receive $2.9m grant to convert carbon dioxide into concrete
https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/ucla-receive-29m-grant-convert-carbon-dioxide-conc/
Engineering the climate: the controversial science that could cool our atmosphere https://geographical.co.uk/nature/climate
Is Turning Down the Sun a Good Proxy for Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering?https://www.essoar.org/doi/abs/10.1002/essoar.10504448.1#.X4D7iZS4WCE.twitter
 Thomas Crowther acknowledges criticsim of the trilion trees concept. In a Ted Talk Thomas Crowther: The global movement to restore nature's biodiversity Thomas Crowther: The global movement to restore nature's biodiversity
Amazon Announces First Recipients of Investments from $2 Billion Climate Pledge Fund https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-announces-first-recipients-investments-2-billion-climate 
Rewild to mitigate the climate crisis, urge leading scientists: Restoring degraded natural lands highly effective for carbon storage and avoiding species extinctions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/14/re-wild-to-mitigate-the-climate-crisis-urge-leading-scientists
Parametric Insurance for Solar Geoengineering: Insights from the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiativehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.12864
Gates to a global empire https://navdanyainternational.org/publications/gates-to-a-global-empire/
Carbon Dioxide Removal Law.  An annotated bibliography of legal materials related to carbon dioxide removal and carbon sequestration and use. https://cdrlaw.org
New Research Provides a Better Understanding of How Cirrus Clouds Form https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-provides-a-better-understanding-of-how-cirrus-clouds-form/
Carbon capture ‘moonshot’ moves closer as billions of dollars pour in (concrete) 
https://grist.org/climate/carbon-capture-moonshot-moves-closer-as-billions-of-dollars-pour-in/?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1602710510