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Article by Amanda Doyle Science Museum Group THE Science Museum in London, UK, has launched an exhibition today showcasing carbon capture technology to the public. The exhibition, Our Future Planet, will first show visitors the importance of natural carbon capture in the form of trees and plants, and the work scientists are doing to protect important carbon sinks such as peatland. The next section of the exhibition is an area that displays technology involved in removing CO 2 from the air to b...

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Exhibitions in West London Ready to extract carbon from the air. Image copyright Science Museum group SAVING OUR PLANET: Were all trying to do our bit to reduce our carbon footprint, but how do we capture the carbon thats already out there? This free display brings together information and objects on how both forestry and technology can capture carbon — including a mechanical tree that does a fantastic job of it, even though it looks nothing like a tree. Theres a fun interactive (and contact...

Group hits out at oil and gas firm’s sponsorship of Our Future Planet exhibition as ‘appalling’

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Signs used in climate change protests in 2019 are part of the Science Museums exhibition © Science Museum Group The Science Museum Group has defended the decision to make Shell a “major sponsor” of its forthcoming exhibition Our Future Planet, its flagship climate exhibition, which opens in London next month (19 May). The museum faced a wave of criticism from scientists and environmentalists when the sponsorship deal with the Anglo-Dutch oil group was announced last w...

DeSmog The institution is already under intense pressure from campaigners over its existing relationships with oil companies. The Science Museum, Exihibition Road, London. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Shadowssettle (CC-BY-SA-4.0) The Science Museum is facing a major backlash after naming Shell as the sponsor of its flagship climate exhibition. ‘Our Future Planet’ will focus on ways of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through controversial Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) technology...

By Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation 3 Min Read April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - London’s Science Museum came under fire on Friday for having oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell as a sponsor of an upcoming exhibition on climate change, a move described by environmental groups as “out-of-step”. The British museum is set to reopen after coronavirus lockdowns in May with “Our Future Planet”, a display focusing on carbon capture - the process by which planet-warming gases ...

Our Future Planet in London. The Swiss direct air capture company today (15 th April) said that one of its first CO2 collectors can be found at the exhibition, allowing vistors to closely observe its innovation. Climeworks’ technology displayed in the museum is already operating in 14 facilities across Europe, with Orca (currently under construction) being its 15 th and largest one. By being part of Our Future Planet, Climeworks wants to demonstrate that anyone can play a role in scaling sol...