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Chart Industries’ Earthly Labs is on a mission to capture and avoid a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, working to keep the planet cool by capturing, purifying, recycling and avoiding the release of carbon dioxide emissions.
Earthly Labs was selected to join the ABInBev 100 + sustainability accelerator and has since deployed its CiCi systems – which allow customers to affordably capture CO₂ – at craft breweries throughout the US.
Founder and CEO Amy George says:“ Chart has been part of our technology solution since our inception and they are a global leader in CO₂ cryogenic storage. Their investment brings more than capital to Earthly Labs and will accelerate our ability to serve the exponentially growing global market demand for smallscale carbon capture solutions.”
Natural sequestration Natural sequestration refers to the Earth’ s natural processes that capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and plays as crucial a role in mitigating climate change by removing excess CO₂ from the air as artificial approaches.
Forests are one of the most significant natural carbon sinks. Through photosynthesis, trees absorb CO₂ and store it in their biomass and the surrounding soil. Mature forests can sequester large amounts of carbon, with tropical rainforests being particularly effective.
Oceans also absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – about a quarter of the CO₂ released into the atmosphere each year. Phytoplankton in the upper layers
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