Publications

Oppon E, Richter JS, Koh LSC, and Nabayiga H. (2022) Macro-level economic and environmental sustainability of negative emission technologies; Case study of crushed silicate production for enhanced weathering. Ecological Economics, Volume 204.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107636. Published 27 October 2022.

Kemp SJ, Lewis AL, and Rushton JC. (2022) Detection and quantification of low levels of carbonate mineral species using thermogravimetric-mass spectrometry to validate CO₂ drawdown via enhanced rock weathering. Applied Geochemistry, 146,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105465. Published 18 September 2022

Cox E, Spence E, Pidgeon N. Deliberating enhanced weathering: Public frames, iconic ecosystems and the governance of carbon removal at scale. Public Understanding of Science. August 2022. doi:10.1177/09636625221112190

Semieniuk, G., Holden, P.B., Mercure, JF. et al. Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 532–538 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01356-y. Published 26 May 2022.

Vienne A, Poblador S, Portillo-Estrada M, Hartmann J, Ijiehon S, Wade P, and Vicca S. (2022) Enhanced Weathering Using Basalt Rock Powder: Carbon Sequestration, Co-benefits and Risks in a Mesocosm Study With Solanum tuberosum. Front. Clim. 4:869456, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.869456. Published 17 May 2022.

Eufrasio, R.M., Kantzas, E.P., Edwards, N.R. et al. Environmental and health impacts of atmospheric CO₂ removal by enhanced rock weathering depend on nations’ energy mix. Commun Earth Environ 3, 106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00436-3. Published 05 May 2022.

Kantzas, E.P., Val Martin, M., Lomas, M.R. et al. Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom. (2022) Nat. Geosci. Published 25 April 2022.

Redondo-Bermúdez, M., Jorgensen, A., Cameron, R., & Val Martin , M. (2022) Green infrastructure for air quality plus (GI4AQ+): Defining critical dimensions for implementation in schools and the meaning of ‘plus’ in a UK context, Nature-Based Solutions, Volume 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100017. Published 28 March 2022

Fung, K. M., Val Martin, M., & Tai, A. P. K. (2022), Modeling the interinfluence of fertiliser-induced NH₃ emission, nitrogen deposition, and aerosol radiative effects using modified CESM2, Biogeosciences, 19, 1635–1655, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1635-2022. Published 21 March 2022.

Mercure, J.-F., Salas, P., Vercoulen, P., Semieniuk, G., Lam, A., Pollitt, H., Holden, P.B., Vakilifard, N., Chewpreecha, U., Edwards, N.R. & Vinuales, J.E. (2021) Reframing incentives for climate policy action. Nature Energy, 6, 1133-1139. Published 06 December 2021.

James, R., Bullock, L., Larkin, C. & Matter, J. (2021) Geological solutions for carbon dioxide removal.  Geoscientist (autumn), 16-22. Published 01 September 2021.

Vakilifard, N., Kantzas, E.P., Edwards, N.R., Holden, P.B. & Beerling, D.J. (2021) The role of enhanced weathering deployment with agriculture in limiting future warming and protecting coral reefs.  Environmental Research Letters, 19, 094005.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1818. Published 12 August 2021.

Gomez-Casanoas, N., Blanc-Betes, E., Moore, C.E., Bernachi, C.J., Kantola, I. & DeLucia, E.H. (2021) A review of transformative strategies for climate mitigation by grasslands.  Science of the Total Environment, 799, 149466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149466. Published online 04 August 2021.

Lewis, A.L., Sarkar, B., Wade, P., Kemp, S.J., Hodson, M.E., Taylor, L.L.,Yeong, K.L., Davies, K., Nelson, P.N., Bird, M.I., Kantola, I.B., Masters, M.D., DeLucia, E., Leake, J.R., Banwart, S.A. & Beerling, D.J. (2021) Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering. Applied Geochemistry, 132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105023. Published 21 June 2021.

Spence, E., Cox, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2021) Exploring cross-national public support for the use of enhanced weathering as a land-based carbon dioxide removal strategy. Climatic Change, 165, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03050-y. Published 19^th March 2021.

Horton, P., Long, S.P., Smith, P., Banwart, S.A. & Beerling, D.J. (2021) Technologies to deliver food and climate security through agriculture. Nature Plants, 7, 250–255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00877-2. Published 15^th March 2021.

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2021) But They told us it was safe! Carbon dioxide removal, fracking, and ripple effects in risk perceptions. Risk Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13717. Published 2^nd March 2021.

Cox E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2021) What people think about Carbon Dioxide Removal.
Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation (LC³M), University of Sheffield, U.K. Published 1^st March 2021.

REPORT: What people think about Carbon Dioxide Removal_2021

METHODOLOGY: What the public think about Carbon Dioxide Removal_2021

POLICY BRIEF: Public perceptions of Carbon Dioxide Removal in the UK_2021

Cox, E., Boettcher, M., Spence, E. & Bellamy, R. (2021) Casting a wider net on ocean NETs. Frontiers in Climate. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.576294. Published 2^nd February 2021.

Taylor, L.L., Driscoll, C.T., Groffman, P.M., Rau, G.H., Blum, J.D. & Beerling, D.J. (2021) Increased carbon capture by a silicate-treated forested watershed affected by acid deposition. Biogeosciences, 18, 169–188. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-169-2021. Published 12^th January 2021.

Blanc-Betes, E., Kantola, I.B., Gomez-Casanovas, N., Hartman, M.D., Parton, W.J., Lewis, A.L., Beerling, D.J. & DeLucia, E.H. (2020) In silico assessment of the potential of basalt amendments to reduce N2O emissions from bioenergy crops. GCB Bioenergy, 13, 224-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12757. Published 7^th October 2020.

Beerling, D.J., Kantzas, E., Lomas, M.R., Wade, P., Eufrasio, R.M., Renforth, P., Quirk, J., Sarkar, B., Andrews, G., James, R.H., Pearce, C.R., Khanna, M., Koh, L., Quegan, S., Pidgeon, N.F., Janssens, I., Hansen, J. & Banwart, S.A. (2020) Potential for large-scale CO₂ removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands. Nature, 583, 242-248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9. Published 8^th July 2020.

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2020) Public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal in the United States and the United Kingdom. Nature Climate Change, 10, 744-749. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0823-z. Published 6^th July 2020.

MacDougall, A.H., Frölicher, T.L., Jones, C.D., Rogelj, J., Matthews, H.D., Zickfeld, K., Arora, V.K., Barrett, N.J., Brovkin, V., Burger, F.A., Eby, M., Eliseev, A.V., Hajima, T., Holden, P.B., Jeltsch-Thömmes, A., Koven, C., Mengis, N., Menviel, L., Michou, M., Mokhov, I.I., Oka, A., Schwinger, J., Séférian, R., Shaffer, G., Sokolov, A., Tachiiri, K., Tjiputra, J., Wiltshire, A. & Ziehn, T. (2020) Is there warming in the pipeline? A multi-model analysis of the Zero Emissions Commitment from CO_2. Biogeosciences, 17, 2987–3016. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2987-2020. Published 15^th June 2020.

Kelland, M.E., Wade, P.W., Lewis, A.L., Taylor, L.L., Sarkar, B., Andrews, M.G., Lomas, M.R., Cotton, T.E.A., Kemp, S.J., James, R.H., Pearce, C.R., Hartley, S.E., Hodson, M.E., Leake, J.R., Banwart, S.A. & Beerling, D.J. (2020) Increased yield and CO₂ sequestration potential with the C₄ cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust?amended agricultural soil. Global Change Biology, 26, 3658–3676. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15089. Published 21^st April 2020.

Pidgeon, N. (2021) Engaging publics about environmental and technology risks: frames, values and deliberation.  Journal of Risk Research, 24:1, 28-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1749118. Published 17^th April 2020.

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2020) Incumbency, trust, and the Monsanto effect: stakeholder discourses on greenhouse gas removal. Environmental Values, 29, 197-220. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327119X15678473650947. Published 1^st April 2020.

Lawrence, D. M. et al (including Val Martin, M). (2019) The Community Land Model version 5: Description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11, 4245-4287.

Cox, E., Royston, S. & Selby, J. (2019) From exports to exercise: how non-energy policies affect energy systems. Energy Research and Social Science, 55, 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.05.016. Published September 2019.

Beerling, D.J. (2019) Can plants help us avoid seeding a human-made climate catastrophe? Plants, People, Planet. 1:310-314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10066. Published 28^th August 2019.

Andrews, M.G. & Taylor, L.L. (2019) Combating climate change through enhanced weathering of agricultural soils. Elements, 15, 253-258. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.4.253. Published 1^st August 2019.

Cox, E. & Edwards, N.R. (2019) Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies. Climate Policy, 19, 1144-1156. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1634509. Published 26^th June 2019.

Arnold, S.R., Lombardozzi, D., J-F Lamarque, T. Richardson, L.K. Emmons, S. Tilmes, S.A. Sitch, G. Folberth, M.J. Hollaway, M. Val Martin (2018) Simulated global climate response to tropospheric ozone-induced changes in plant transpiration. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079938

Eufrasio-Espinosa, R.M. & Koh, L.S.C. (2019) The UK Path and the Role of NETs to Achieve Decarbonisation. In: Shurpali N., Agarwal A., Srivastava V. (eds) Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. Pages 87-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3272-2_7. Published 1^st November 2018.

Spence, E., Pidgeon, N. & Pearson, P. (2018) UK public perceptions of Ocean Acidification – The importance of place and environmental identity. Marine Policy, 97, 287-293. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.006. Published November 2018.

Mercure, J.-F., Pollitt, H., Viñuales, J.E., Edwards, N.R., Holden, P.B., Chewpreecha, U., Salas, P., Sognnaes, I., Lam, A. & Knobloch, F. (2018) Macroeconomic impact of stranded fossil fuel assets. Nature Climate Change, 8, 588-593.

Cox, E., Pidgeon, N., Spence, E. & Thomas, G. (2018) Blurred lines: the ethics and policy of greenhouse gas removal at scale. Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 6 (38): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00038. Published 29^th May 2018.

Shaw, C., Hurth, V., Capstick, S. & Cox, E. (2018) Intermediaries’ perspectives on the public’s role in the energy transitions needed to deliver UK climate change policy goals. Energy Policy, 116, 267-276.

Beerling, D.J., Leake, J.R., Long, S.P., Scholes, J.D., Ton, J., Nelson, P.N., Bird, M.I., Kantzas, E., Taylor, L.L., Sarkar, B., Kelland, M., DeLucia, E., Kantola, I., Müller, C., Rau, G. & Hansen, J. (2018) Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security. Nature Plants, 4, 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0108-y. Published 19^th February 2018.

Singh, M., Sarkar, B., Sarkar, S., Churchman, J., Bolan, N., Mandal, S., Menon, M., Purakayastha, J. & Beerling, D.J. (2018) Stabilization of soil carbon as influenced by clay mineralogy. Advances in Agronomy, 148, 33-52.

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. & Ruedy, R. (2017) Young people’s burden: requirement of negative CO₂ emissions. Earth System Dynamics, 8, 577-616. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-577-2017. Published 18^th July 2017.

Beerling, D.J. (2017) Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security? Biology Letters, 13, 20170149. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0149. Published 5^th April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Kantola, I.B., Masters, M.D., Beerling, D.J., Long, S.P. & DeLucia, D.H. (2017) Potential of global croplands and bioenergy crops for climate change mitigation through deployment for enhanced weathering. Biology Letters, 13, 20160714. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0714. Published 5^th April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.