The environmental controls on efficiency of enhanced rock weathering in soils.

ABSTRACT: Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in soils is a promising carbon removal technology, but the realistically achievable efficiency, controlled primarily by in situ weathering rates of the applied rocks, is highly uncertain. Here we explored the impacts of coupled biogeochemical and transport processes and a set of primary environmental and operational controls, using forsterite as a proxy mineral in soils and a multiphase multi-component reactive transport model considering microbe-mediated reactions. For a onetime forsterite application of ~ 16 kg/m², complete weathering within five years can be achieved, giving an equivalent carbon removal rate of ~ 2.3 kgCO₂/m²/yr. However, the rate is highly variable based on site-specific conditions. We showed that the in s

SUBMITTER: Deng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature