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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 7 (2022), Article ID 7:IJEES-194, 15 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2022/194
Research Article
Sequestering Biomass for Natural, Carbon Efficient, and Low-Cost Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

Jeffrey A. Amelse1* and Paul K. Behrens2

1CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2Independent petrochemical industry consultant
Prof. Jeffrey A. Amelse, CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal; E-mail: JAmelse@UA.Pt
08 January 2022; 07 February 2022; 09 February 2022
Amelse JA, Behrens PK (2022) Sequestering Biomass for Natural, Carbon Efficient, and Low-Cost Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide. Int J Earth Environ Sci 7: 194 doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2022/194
Neither J. Amelse nor P. K. Behrens obtained funding from any sources for producing this manuscript.
© 2022 Amelse. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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