Researchers Find Rapid Way to Make Carbon Dioxide-Storing Mineral Magnesite

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Researchers Find Rapid Way to Make Carbon Dioxide-Storing Mineral Magnesite
Aug 16, 2018 by News Staff / Source


A team of researchers led by Trent University’s Professor Ian Power has developed an accelerated way to produce magnesite (MgCO3) at room temperature — a mineral which can capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.


Scientists are already working to slow global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but there are serious practical and economic limits on developing the technology.

Now, for the first time, they have explained how magnesite forms at low temperature, and offered a route to dramatically accelerating its crystallization.

“Our work shows two things. Firstly, we have explained how and how fast magnesite forms naturally,” Professor Power said.

http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/chemistry/carbon-dioxide-storing-mineral-magnesite-06313.html

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Why are they bothering with that?

God gave us the perfect way to dispose of cO2 - it's called photosynthesis.

So all these highly-paid scientists have to do is plant a few trees.