Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/XPRIZE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XPRIZE</span></a> makes history, awards $100M prize for groundbreaking <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> removal <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MatiCarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatiCarbon</span></a> developed sequestration technique called enhanced rock weatherin. The company spreads crushed basalt on farms in India and Africa. Silica-rich volcanic rock improves soil quality for crops but also helps remove <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/carbondioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbondioxide</span></a> from air. It does this by reacting with dissolved <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> in soil's water, turning it into bicarbonate ions and preventing it from returning to the atmosphere. <br><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xprize-makes-history-awards-100m-prize-for-groundbreaking-carbon-removal-solutions-302435179.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prnewswire.com/news-releases/x</span><span class="invisible">prize-makes-history-awards-100m-prize-for-groundbreaking-carbon-removal-solutions-302435179.html</span></a></p>