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Urban Farming with Enhanced Rock Weathering As a Prospective Climate Stabilization Wedge

Fatima Haque, Rafael M. Santos, Yi Wai Chiang

Environmental Science & Technology

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This viewpoint article proposes incorporating enhanced rock weathering (ERW) into urban farming as an additional climate stabilization measure. Urban farming utilizes extensive urban surface areas for food production and atmospheric CO2 sequestration through air-to-soil contact. Combining this with ERW offers a further opportunity for this negative emissions technology to gain greater utilization.