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Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than scientists thought

Estimated cost of geoengineering technology to fight climate change has plunged since a 2011 analysis.
  1. Jeff Tollefson
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Siphoning carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere could be more than an expensive last-ditch strategy for averting climate catastrophe. A detailed economic analysis published on 7 June suggests that the geoengineering technology is inching closer to commercial viability.

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Nature 558, 173 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05357-w

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