How does direct air capture work? An inventor of the carbon-scrubbing tech explains Carbon-removal technology is still in its nascent stages, but it could be crucial to avoiding the worst effects ...

One promising solution is direct air capture (or DAC), a technology that ... sorbent” process that draws in ambient air with fans and passes it over chemicals that selectively bind to CO2.

We do not have time to waste with this useless technology." Jacobson thinks that direct air capture is a huge boondoggle, for one key reason: "You need these big fans, and you need the chemical ...

But there has been growing interest in a new carbon dioxide removal method – a chemical process known as direct air carbon capture and storage (see graphic). Climeworks is the industry leader in ...