Publications

Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands

Beerling, D.J., Kantzas, E.P., Lomas, M.R. et al. Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands. Nature 583, 242–248 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9. Published 8th July 2020.

Public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal in the United States and the United Kingdom

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. Public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal in the United States and the United Kingdom. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0823-z  Published 6th July 2020.

Increased yield and CO2 sequestration potential with the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust-amended agricultural soil

Kelland, ME, Wade, PW, Lewis, AL, et al. Increased yield and CO2 sequestration potential with the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust-amended agricultural soil. Glob Change Biol. 2020; 00: 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15089. Published 21st April 2020.

Can plants help us avoid seeding a human-made climate catastrophe?

Beerling DJ. Can plants help us avoid seeding a human-made climate catastrophe? Plants, People, Planet. 2019;00:1–5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10066. Published 28th August 2019.

Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies

Emily Cox & Neil Robert Edwards (2019) Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies, Climate Policy, 19:9, 1144-1156, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2019.1634509. Published 26th June 2019.

Blurred Lines: The Ethics and Policy of Greenhouse Gas Removal at Scale

Cox EM, Pidgeon N, Spence E and Thomas G (2018) Blurred Lines: The Ethics and Policy of Greenhouse Gas Removal at Scale. Front. Environ. Sci. 6:38. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00038. Published 29th May 2018.

Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security

Beerling, D.J., Leake, J.R., Long, S.P. et al. Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security. Nature Plants 4, 138–147 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0108-y. Published 19th February 2018.

Young People’s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions

Hansen, J., Sato, M., Kharecha, P., von Schuckmann, K., Beerling, D. J., Cao, J., Marcott, S., Masson-Delmotte, V., Prather, M. J., Rohling, E. J., Shakun, J., Smith, P., Lacis, A., Russell, G., and Ruedy, R.: Young people’s burden: requirement of negative CO2 emissions, Earth Syst. Dynam., 8, 577–616, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-577-2017. Published 18th July 2017.

Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security?

David J. Beerling
Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20170149; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0149. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Potential of global croplands and bioenergy crops for climate change mitigation through deployment for enhanced weathering

Ilsa B. Kantola, Michael D. Masters, David J. Beerling, Stephen P. Long, Evan H. DeLucia
Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20160714; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0714. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Climate change mitigation: potential benefits and pitfalls of enhanced rock weathering in tropical agriculture
David P. Edwards, Felix Lim, Rachael H. James, Christopher R. Pearce, Julie Scholes, Robert P. Freckleton, David J. Beerling
Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20160715; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0715. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Accelerating the carbon cycle: the ethics of enhanced weathering

H. Lawford-Smith, A. Currie
Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20160859; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0859. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Simulating carbon capture by enhanced weathering with croplands: an overview of key processes highlighting areas of future model development

Lyla L. Taylor, David J. Beerling, Shaun Quegan, Steven A. Banwart
Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20160868; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0868. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Perceptions of enhanced weathering as a biological negative emissions option

Nick F. Pidgeon, Elspeth Spence
Biol. Lett. 2017 13 20170024; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0024. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.