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Benjamin Z. Houlton
Cornell University · 🇺🇸 US

Career Stage: Eminent

CDR Specialization

Enhanced Weathering

Accelerating natural weathering reactions to capture CO₂ and store it in carbonate minerals.

Metrics

MetricValue
h-index43
Citations12,651
Publications204
CDR Focus10.3%
TrajectoryStable

Top CDR Publications

  1. Methods for determining the CO2 removal capacity of enhanced weathering in agronomic settings (2022) 34 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  2. Direct evidence for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal via enhanced weathering in cropland soil (2023) 32 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  3. Controls on soil microbial carbon use efficiency over long-term ecosystem development (2021) 30 citations · Soil Carbon

  4. Reduced accrual of mineral-associated organic matter after two years of enhanced rock weathering in cropland soils, though no net losses of soil organic carbon (2024) 25 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  5. A review of carbon farming impacts on nitrogen cycling, retention, and loss (2021) 19 citations · Soil Carbon

  6. Inorganic and organic synergies in enhanced weathering to promote carbon dioxide removal (2024) 18 citations · Biochar

  7. Effects of Afforestation on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation Depend on Initial Soil Nitrogen Status (2022) 15 citations · Soil Carbon

  8. Bedrock Weathering Controls on Terrestrial Carbon‐Nitrogen‐Climate Interactions (2021) 14 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  9. Isotopic evidence for increased carbon and nitrogen exchanges between peatland plants and their symbiotic microbes with rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations since 15,000 cal. year BP (2022) 10 citations · Soil Carbon

  10. Combining organic amendments with enhanced rock weathering shifts soil carbon storage in croplands (2025) 6 citations · Enhanced Weathering

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