Can we carbon-capture our way out of climate change?
About this episode
The episode explores carbon capture technologies and their historical roots in combating climate change.
In this episode, hosts David Anderson and Gina Vitale travel back in time to understand how we are capturing carbon at the source and removing existing CO 2 from our atmosphere. They also bring in C&EN reporters Alex Scott and Fionna Samuels to explain how CO 2 -scrubbing technology from a 19th-century submarine is still basically used today and how making the ocean more basic might help us mitigate our emissions. C&EN's award-winning podcast Inflection Point leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future. Subscribe to Inflection Point now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts.
People in this episode
Hosts: David Anderson, Gina Vitale
Guests: Alex Scott, Fionna Samuels
Topics covered
- carbon capture
- climate change
- CO2 scrubbing technology
- science history
- ocean chemistry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: C&EN
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