"One man's effort in the 1990s to create an "artificial tree" to suck in and store accumulating, man-made emissions of carbon dioxide has morphed into the design of "artificial forests" that can do the job more efficiently and on a larger scale.
They're not real forests but rather machines that use advanced biology, chemistry and new technologies to lessen the threat of global warming by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air. The "forests" either use the greenhouse gas to make low-carbon fuels and other products to reduce global emissions, or they bury the invisible gas permanently in underground mineral formations.
As it happens, the world's financial climate appears ready to help these ambitious projects grow. One budding company in Canada has the support of two U.S. oil majors. Another is beginning to plant its seeds across Europe, with help from private investors and some government entities."
John Fialka reports for ClimateWire February 19, 2019.
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