From Dark Matter to dark matter

by Xinran Liu

Thursday 11 May 2023, 16:00 → 18:00 Australia/Sydney

The latest and final part of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made up of the world’s leading climate scientists is out and it delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions continue to push the world towards irrevocable damage which requires swift and drastic action to avert. To meet the ambitious and necessary target set at the Paris Agreement, to limit the rise in mean global temperature to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, drastic reductions on emissions is critical. However innovation and new technology will be needed to achieve carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere in order to achieve net zero global emissions. In my talk I will present an overview of the current CDR space and the pros and cons of each approach, in particular focusing on enhance rock weathering as a high permanence, cost effective and rapidly scalable solution. 

 Bio: XinRan is a multi award winning astro-particle physicist and STFC leadership fellow in Public Engagement. XinRan worked for over a decade as a professional hunter of the invisible, specialising in Dark Matter and Neutrinos with a focus on large-scale, low-background detector construction. XinRan took on the role as Head of Science, Research and Innovation for UNDO a carbon dioxide removal company to actively tackle raising global temperatures and the climate crisis.