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Sprinkling basalt over soil could remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

01 Aug 2021 James Dacey
Basalt columns at sunset
Weathered rock: columnar basalt at Cape Stolbchaty in Russia. The volcanic rock could be used to soak-up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Courtesy: Ekaterina Vasyagina/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sprinkling powdered basalt over natural ecosystems would remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from

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