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Arctic driftwood proposal for durable carbon removal

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dc.contributor.authorBüntgen, Ulf
dc.contributor.authorOppenheimer, Clive
dc.contributor.authorTrnka, Mirek
dc.contributor.authorKempf, Michael
dc.contributor.authorHolman, Ian P.
dc.contributor.authorArosio, Tito
dc.contributor.authorBebchuk, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorEsper, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-04T16:18:31Z
dc.date.available2026-02-04T16:18:31Z
dc.date.freetoread2026-02-04
dc.date.issued2026
dc.date.pubOnline2026-01-03
dc.description.abstractVarious geoengineering approaches have been proposed for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal but their viability at scale remains unclear. Here, we consider the natural behaviour of driftwood, the warming-induced acceleration of sea-ice loss and tree growth, as well as the stability of cellulose in subfossil wood under cold-anoxic conditions, to introduce the concept of sinking timber from the boreal forest for durable CO2 sequestration at the deep Arctic Ocean floor.
dc.description.journalNamenpj Climate Action
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the AdAgriF project: “Advanced methods of greenhouse gases emission reduction and sequestration in agriculture and forest landscape for climate change mitigation” (CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004635), the ERC Advanced Grant (882727; Monostar), and the ERC Synergy Grant (101118880; Synergy-Plague).
dc.identifier.citationBüntgen U, Oppenheimer C, Trnka M, et al., (2026) Arctic driftwood proposal for durable carbon removal. npj Climate Action, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2026, Article number 1en_UK
dc.identifier.eissn2731-9814
dc.identifier.elementsID867779
dc.identifier.issn2731-9814
dc.identifier.issueNo1
dc.identifier.paperNo1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00327-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/24843
dc.identifier.volumeNo5
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00327-1
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject37 Earth Sciencesen_UK
dc.subject3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscienceen_UK
dc.subject31 Biological Sciencesen_UK
dc.subject13 Climate Actionen_UK
dc.titleArctic driftwood proposal for durable carbon removalen_UK
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-12-18

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