Carbfix in the Media

The Carbfix project's outcomes have garnered global recognition. The subsequent list presents some of the media attention that the project has received in recent years.

2023

• Bloomberg - Is CO2 Removal Ready for Its Big Moment?

• X EARTH with John Holden - Modeling Sustainability for Business

2022

• The Washington Post - Is This a Mine Elon Musk and Joe Biden Can Both Support?

• Financial Times - Climate tech to save the planet: Out of thin air

• Vogue Scandinavia - The shoes on Björk's latest album cover are made of CO2

• Bloomber Switched On - Rio Tinto Turns to Carbfix to Bury CO2

• Businesswire - Verdox Wins $1M XPRIZE Carbon Removal Award Together with Partner Carbfix

• Northstack - The biggest EU grant to Iceland so far goes to Carbfix

• The Times - Time 100 most influential companies of 2022

• Green Biz - Converting captured carbon into rock really is that easy

• The Newsbreak - How this groundbreaking carbon capture facility could help fight climate change

• Vogue Business - Iceland fashion and beauty sustainability spotlight

• Carbon Herald - The Top 10 Carbon Capture Companies In 2022!

2021

• Good Morning America - How Iceland is fighting climate change with carbon dioxide l GMA

• The New York Times - Is Carbon Capture Here?

• Fortune - This startup has unlocked a novel way to capture carbon—by turning the fouling gas into rocks.

• CNN - Icelandic company is turning CO2 into stone

• BBC - World’s biggest machine capturing carbon from air turned on in Iceland

• RÚV - August - rget="_blank" class="underline cursor-pointer">Hvað getum við gert: Episode 21, Direct Air Capture

• Süddeutsche Zeitung - June - Wie Island zur CO2-Müllkippe werden will (German)

• Arctic Circle Podcast - June - t="_blank" class="underline cursor-pointer">CarbFix: a revolutionary way to turn CO2 into stone

• RÚV - May - Hvað getum við gert: Episode 13. Carbfix/CODA

• Handelsblatt - May - Dieses isländische Unternehmen verwandelt CO2 in Stein (German)

• Bloomberg Green - April - Iceland Startup Wants to Turn Carbon Shipped from Europe to Rock

• NBC News - April - Inside look at Iceland company's new experiment to combat climate change

• Bloomberg Green - March - The Icelandic Startup Bill Gates Uses to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Stone

• National Geographic - February - Can carbon capture make flying more sustainable?

• Thomson Reuters Foundation News - February - Scared by global warming? In Iceland, one solution is petrifying

2020

• 66 North - November - Glacier Friday

• The Guardian - October - Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

• Nova PBS - October - Can We Cool the Planet

• The Economist - September - Green machines

• We Don't Have Time - September - Exponential Climate Action Summit

• Netflix - July - Down to Earth

• BBC Future - June - How Iceland is undoing carbon emissions for good

• The Weather Channel - May - Meltdown (Documentary)

• Nature - January - Review Paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

2019

• Cordis - November - target="_blank" class="underline cursor-pointer">Carved in stone? Turning CO2 into rock, for good (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Polish)

• SparkDialog - November - Ep 72: Reversing Climate Change: Turning CO2 Into Rock – with guests Dr. Kári Helgason and Dr. Bergur Sigfússon (Podcast)

• NBC News Now - September - Iceland's new plan to save melting glaciers

• NBC Nightly News - September - Climate in Crisis: How to save a glacier

• NBC News - September - How to save a glacier: Iceland's scientists offer hope with carbon capture technology

• 360 on History - August - Transforming CO2 into Rocks (Podcast)

• The Elephant Podcast - July - Iceland and the Surprising Science of Turning CO2 into Rock (Podcast)

• Reformatorisch Dagblad - July - Stofzuiger haalt CO2 uit de lucht (Dutch)

• Morgunblaðið - June - Viljayfirlýsing um kolefnishreinsun

• HBO - June - Ice on Fire

• BBC-Sounds - June - People Fixing the World - Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?

• World Economic Forum - Scientists in Iceland are turning carbon dioxide into rock

• 3sat - May - Die Reparatur der Erde

• RÚV - May - Hvað höfum við gert? Episode 8

• BBC One - April - Climate Change The Facts by David Attenborough (link not available)

• NY Times - February - The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change

2018

• DR - December - CO2 bliver omdannet til sten: Kom med til Island, der eksperimenter med klimaløsninger

• DR - December - 21 Søndag (Item is no longer accessible)

• Horizon - November - Storing CO2 underground can curb carbon emissions, but is it safe?

• Think Geoenergy - November - Innovative CO2 capture technology at geothermal plant could be applied elsewhere

• Extract - November - Koldioxid blir till sten

• Kveikur - November - Þingkosningar í Bandaríkjunum og loftlagsbreytingar (Item is no longer accessible)

• Le Monde - October - Une entreprise aspire le CO2 et le transforme en caillou

• Fréttablaðið - September - Orkuveita Reykjavíkur fær 2 milljarða í styrk

• Bloomberg - July - This Natural Gas Plant Has Achieved Zero Emissions

• BBC News - May - Turning carbon dioxide into rock - forever

• BBC World Service - April - arget="_blank" class="underline cursor-pointer">Can Sucking CO2 Out of the Air Solve Climate Change?

• Engineering and Technology - April - Gas Rocks! Mineralising carbon dioxide into rock

2017

• Carbon A list – October - Why the Carbfix2 project is a big deal

• Daily Mail – October - World‘s first ´negative emissions‘ power plant that turns CO2 into STONE switched on in Iceland

• Newsweek – October - Scientists capture carbon dioxide and inject it into rocks for permanent storage

• Tunisie Soir – October - CarbFix project in Iceland successfully turns carbon emissions

• UpWorthy - October - 700 meters below Iceland, a company may have found a solution to the world's climate woes

• Quartz - October - The world’s first “negative emissions” plant has begun operation—turning carbon dioxide into stone

• Iceland Review - October - Revolutionary Equipment Turns Carbon Dioxide to Stone, Fighting Climate Change

• The Engineer - October - Iceland project marries carbon capture with geological storage

• Buisness green - October - Climeworks flick switch on 'world first' atmospheric carbon capture plant

• Reuters - October - From thin air to stone: greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland

• Nature - October - Emissions: We have the technology

• Think Geoenergy - May - TV coverage on CarbFix project in Iceland – turning CO2 into minerals

2016

• CNBC – November - How carbon dioxide is being stored in rocks

• PBS NewsHour – August -  class="underline cursor-pointer">To combat climate change , these scientists are turning CO2 into rock

• WITF-TV – August -These scientists are turning harmful excess CO2 into rock

• Forbes – June -The Science Behind How These Geologists Are Turning Carbon Emissions Into Solid Rock

• Daily Maverick – June -Nature‘s CarbFix? Scientists claim to have found a way to store carbon emissions underground

• Digital Trends – June -="_blank" class="underline cursor-pointer">Iceland is fighting climate change by capturing CO2 and turning it into stone

• The times of India – June -Scientists turn CO2 into stone to fight climate change

• Science – June -Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone

• Engadget - June -CarbFix turns a power plant‘s CO2 emissions into rock

• New York Times – June -Iceland Carbon Dioxide Storage Project Locks Away Gas, Fast

• Washington Post – June -This Iceland Plant Just Turned Carbon Dioxide Into Rock—and They Did It Super Fast

• National Geographic – June -How One Country Is Making Rocks Out of Air Pollution

• Los Angeles Times – June -How to Capture Carbon Dioxide From a Power Plant and Turn It to Stone

• BBC World Service – June -Experiment Turns Waste CO2 to Stone

• Guardian – June -In Breakthrough, CO2 Turned to Stone in Iceland

• The Economist – June -Turning Air Into Stone

• CNBC – June - Power Plant Turns Its Carbon Emissions to Stone

• Phys.org – June - In a First, Power Plant Turns Carbon Emissions to Stone

• Forbes – June - An Icelandic Power Plant Is Turning Carbon Emissions to Stone

• Scientific American – June - Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions to Stone

• Times of India – June - Iceland Power Plant Turns Carbon Emissions to Rock

• Japan Times – June - Deep Below Iceland, Scientists Turn Heat-Trapping Carbon to Stone

• Smithsonian – June -Iceland Carbon Capture Project Quickly Converts Carbon Dioxide Into Stone

Older

• The New York Times – February, 2015 - Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It

• Scientific American – December, 2013 - A Vault for Carbon Dioxide

• Scientific American – March, 2012 - New Storage Projects Turns CO2 into Stone

• Inhabitat – September, 2011 - CarbFix: Revolutionary Tech Could Trap CO2 Forever by Turning It Into Harmless Rock (Item is no longer accessible)