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David J. Beerling
Leverhulme Trust · 🇬🇧 GB

Career Stage: Eminent

CDR Specialization

Enhanced Weathering

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

Metrics

MetricValue
h-index95
Citations32,861
Publications507
CDR Focus11.0%
TrajectoryDeclining

Top CDR Publications

  1. Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom (2022) 151 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  2. Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering (2021) 143 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  3. Enhanced weathering in the US Corn Belt delivers carbon removal with agronomic benefits (2024) 110 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  4. Technologies to deliver food and climate security through agriculture (2021) 107 citations · BECCS

  5. Chemistry-albedo feedbacks offset up to a third of forestation’s CO 2 removal benefits (2024) 91 citations · General CDR

  6. Increased carbon capture by a silicate-treated forested watershed affected by acid deposition (2021) 89 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  7. Legume–microbiome interactions unlock mineral nutrients in regrowing tropical forests (2021) 78 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  8. Improved net carbon budgets in the US Midwest through direct measured impacts of enhanced weathering (2023) 74 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  9. Quantification of CO2 removal in a large-scale enhanced weathering field trial on an oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysia (2022) 62 citations · Enhanced Weathering

  10. Environmental and health impacts of atmospheric CO2 removal by enhanced rock weathering depend on nations’ energy mix (2022) 60 citations · Enhanced Weathering

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