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Can an abundant green mineral solve our climate crisis? Exploring power of Olivine
Olivine has an astonishing ability to sequester atmospheric CO2 whenever it is expelled from Earth’s depths via tectonic processes. Now, a University of Copenhagen researcher is working to recreate the mineral’s magic in the lab – an effort that could contribute to solving our climate crisis.
Photo of researcher Kristoffer Szilas, digging up olivin in Greenland. Kent Pørksen
Encased in peridotite rock six kilometers beneath the Earth’s surface, one can find a green and widely occurring mineral – olivine. While olivine contains nickel, used in steel production and batteries, research shows that the mineral also holds an incredible potential to address our climate crisis.