Made-from-CO2 concrete, sportswear and diamonds spark investor excitement
Companies turning carbon dioxide into products have raised over $800 million so far this year, more than triple the amount seen in 2020.
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Companies turning carbon dioxide into products have raised over $800 million so far this year, more than triple the amount seen in 2020.
Good for the Planet: Carbon-Negative Diamonds March 17, 21 by John Jeffay (IDEX Online) - A lab-grown diamond company claims it's going beyond carbon neutrality, by creating gems that are carbon-negative. Ryan Shearman a nd Dan Wojno, co-founders of Aether Diamonds, based in New York, say their diamonds pull excess carbon from the atmosphere. As a result, every one they produce has a positive impact on the planet. They use a patent-pending technique called carbon sequestration. It traps CO2 from the atmosphere in a stable form so that it can be used to make CVD (chemical vapor deposition)...
Scientific American 2 into Diamonds Advertisement The dawn of the Biden administration and its focus on climate change is attracting more industries to a solution that was, until recently, thought to be more trouble than it’s worth: the direct removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The idea of collecting CO 2 from the sky and trapping it in valuable products before it can warm the Earth is a seductive marketing strategy. Especially for an industry that sells precious items that last “forever.” That, in a nutshell, describes the global diamond trade. Composed of gem companies val...
Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aether is proud to announce the overwhelmingly successful launch of their website, which features their jewelry designed with the world's first diamonds made from air. Via their protected technology, Aether converts carbon dioxide air pollution from the atmosphere into beautiful gemstones, which their artisan jewelers then set into their unique and modern jewelry. Their launch collection, playfully named Earthly Pleasures, has received so much demand in the month since the website went live that Aether now has need...