October 8, 2026
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In this issue
Pick up a handful of Pol Knops‘ life’s work. It looks like chalk dust: fine, soft, grey-green. You could let it run through your fingers. Inside the powder is carbon that has been removed from CO₂ and locked into mineral form. The green mineral that turns carbon to stone The material is called olivine. It…
Two studies published in July 2026 suggest that agroforestry systems may be better able to withstand heat and drought than farming systems without trees. What 60 experts expect In a study published in Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 60 agroforestry experts took part in an online survey on how different agroforestry systems across Europe are performing…
Climate Cleanup intern Sam Spence is testing whether carbonated olivine can help grow diatoms, bringing two natural carbon cycles together in a potential new pathway for ocean carbon removal.
Swedish climate company Arbon Earth, part of the Climate Cleanup Network, is the first company to receive official approval in Indonesia for deep-sea marine carbon dioxide removal, using seaweed to store carbon on the ocean floor.
The case for building with wood usually starts with carbon. A new report from ORGA architect, funded by Built by Nature, maps a second argument: what timber and other biobased materials do for the health of the people inside.
AI can now improve its own code because it gets a fast, honest answer to the question 'did that work?'. Living nature has no such answer yet. The Life Box, a small solar-powered sensor on a post, is our attempt to give it one.
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