The dust is crushed basalt – volcanic rock which can be found in abundance in quarries across the country. The magic comes from its ability to both capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...
Sprinkling volcanic dust onto crops boosts yields by up to 20 per cent while pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, scientists have shown. The benefit of using igneous rock for fertilising ...
Adding crushed rock dust to farmland could draw down up to two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year and help meet key global climate targets, according to a study led by the ...
Adding crushed rock dust to farmland could draw down up to two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year and help meet key global climate targets, according to a study led by the ...
Like many Sicilians from Catania, the 18-year-old has learnt quickly how to make her way home on a road covered in volcanic dust during one of the volcano's 11 eruptions in the past three weeks.
The Yale-developed technology works by leveraging basalt, an abundant volcanic rock and a waste byproduct at quarries. By spreading basalt dust — which is full of iron, magnesium, phosphorus, ...