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The latest updates from the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation.
An image with white text reading Theme 1: Our story so far (to 2025) on a turquoise background with the LC3M logo in the top left corner

Catch up with our Theme 1 Modelling progress since 2016

We're starting to summarise all of our Themes' work since we began LC3M in 2016. We're beginning with Theme 1, Earth System Science Modelling, by looking at our modelling research progress from 2016 up to 2023, split into 3 parts chronologically.
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LC3M milestones - a visual guide to 2024

In this visual guide, see our key points, including landmark papers, field trial firsts, press moments and external funding obtained from our Centre's launch in 2016 up to 2024.

Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign
Enhanced weathering test fields of soybean at the Energy Farm, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (image credit Dimitar Epihov, Leverhulme Centre, University of ºù«Ӱҵ)

New paper out! Field trials reveal crushed rock boosts carbon removal and improves crop yields

Read the press release for our new paper on CO2 removal and increased crop yields via Enhanced Rock Weathering, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Farming crops with rocks to reduce CO2 and improve global food security

Pioneering research by LC3M suggests that adding fast-reacting silicate rocks to croplands could capture CO2 and give increased protection from pests and diseases while restoring soil structure and fertility.