{"id":40,"date":"2021-07-02T20:32:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T20:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cnce\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-05-14T22:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:50:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6 my-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row justify-content-around\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-0\">Our worldwide climate crisis is driving the need for <span class=\"highlight-gold\">innovative, scalable<\/span> ways to meet <span class=\"highlight-gold\">carbon-neutral<\/span> targets.<\/h2>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Planting more natural trees alone cannot correct our planet\u2019s current global temperature rise trend. Arizona State University, in collaboration with Carbon Collect, is charting the way in this effort as part of our commitment to innovation and leadership that will help shape a future where all of the Earth\u2019s inhabitants may thrive.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 d-md-block d-lg-none\">\n\t\n<h2  > <span >ASU researchers have pioneered creation of a first-of-its kind MechanicalTreeTM<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Developed by Klaus Lackner and ASU\u2019s Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, the MechanicalTreeTM is a thousand times more efficient than natural trees at removing carbon dioxide fromthe air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By capturing wind-delivered CO2 as air naturally flows through it \u2013 passively, without the use of energy intensive blowers \u2013 the MechanicalTreeTM then closes and releases clean, concentrated CO2 to be economically stored or converted into synthetic fuel and other useful products. These innovations are efficiently removing and safely storing harmful atmospheric CO2, our best path to meeting the goals of the Paris Accords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans contribute to global warming by releasing more than 36 billion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. The negative emissions technology embodied in the MechanicalTreeTM addresses the root cause of global warming and the resulting climate change. This technology makes impactful global deployment commercially viable, creating a solution for global leaders adopting carbon mitigation strategies through technological removal of CO2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cnce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/mech-tree-background-mobile-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/mech-tree-background-mobile-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/mech-tree-background-mobile-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/mech-tree-background-mobile-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/mech-tree-background-mobile.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container-fluid mb-0 bg-carbon d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 py-10\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row mb-12 mt-6\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-8 bg-white p-5 \">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-0\">ASU researchers have pioneered creation of a first-of-its kind MechanicalTree\u2122<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by Klaus Lackner and ASU\u2019s Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, the MechanicalTree is a thousand times more efficient than natural trees at removing carbon dioxide from the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By capturing wind-delivered CO<sub>2<\/sub> as air naturally flows through it \u2013 passively, without the use of energy intensive blowers \u2013 the MechanicalTree then closes and releases clean, concentrated CO<sub>2<\/sub> to be economically stored or converted into synthetic fuel and other useful products. These innovations are efficiently removing and safely storing harmful atmospheric CO<sub>2<\/sub>, our best path to meeting the goals of the Paris Accords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans contribute to global warming by releasing more than 36 billion metric tons of CO<sub>2 <\/sub>into the atmosphere every year. The negative emissions technology embodied in the MechanicalTree addresses the root cause of global warming and the resulting climate change. This technology makes impactful global deployment commercially viable, creating a solution for global leaders adopting carbon mitigation strategies through technological removal of CO<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large d-none d-sm-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cnce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/klaus-learn-more.jpg\" alt=\"Klaus Lackner standing next to laboratory equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/klaus-learn-more.jpg 512w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/carbon-collect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/klaus-learn-more-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n<h2  > <span >Learn more<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in placing a MechanicalTree at your facility or have any questions, send us a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"uds-button \">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/cnce\/\" class=\"btn btn-md btn-maroon \" data-ga=\"Visit CNCE\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-type=\"internal link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"button\"    >Visit CNCE <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uds_featured_image":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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