Carbfix in the Media

The results of the Carbfix project have received worldwide attention. Following is a list of some of the media coverage the project has had in the past years.

2020

• Nature - January - Review Paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
• BBC Future - June - How Iceland is undoing carbon emissions for good
• The Weather Channel - May - Meltdown (Documentary)
• 66 North - November - Glacier Friday
• The Economist - September - Green machines
• We Don't Have Time - September - Exponential Climate Action Summit
• Netflix - July - Down to Earth
• The Guardian - October - Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

2019

• Cordis - November - 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 2, 2018 - CO₂ bliver omdannet til sten: Kom med til Island, der eksperimenter med klimaløsninger
• DR - December 2, 2018 - 21 Søndag (Item is no longer accessible)
• Horizon - November 27, 2018 - Storing CO₂ underground can curb carbon emissions, but is it safe?
• Think Geoenergy - November 22, 2018 - Innovative CO₂ capture technology at geothermal plant could be applied elsewhere
• Extract - November 19, 2018 - Koldioxid blir till sten
• Kveikur - November 6, 2018 - Þingkosningar í Bandaríkjunum og loftlagsbreytingar (Item is no longer accessible)
• Le Monde - October 22, 2018 - Une entreprise aspire le CO₂ et le transforme en caillou
• Fréttablaðið - September 30, 2018 - Orkuveita Reykjavíkur fær 2 milljarða í styrk
• Bloomberg - July 3, 2018 - This Natural Gas Plant Has Achieved Zero Emissions
• BBC News - May 18, 2018 - Turning carbon dioxide into rock - forever
• BBC World Service - April 30, 2018 - Can Sucking CO₂ Out of the Air Solve Climate Change?
• Engineering and Technology - April 19, 2018 - Gas Rocks! Mineralising carbon dioxide into rock

2017

• Carbon A list – October 14, 2017 - Why the Carbfix2 project is a big deal
• Daily Mail – October 13, 2017 - World‘s first ´negative emissions‘ power plant that turns CO₂ into STONE switched on in Iceland
• Newsweek – October 13, 2017 - Scientists capture carbon dioxide and inject it into rocks for permanent storage
• Tunisie Soir – October 13, 2017 - CarbFix project in Iceland successfully turns carbon emissions
• UpWorthy - October 13, 2017 - 700 meters below Iceland, a company may have found a solution to the world's climate woes
• Quartz - October 12, 2017 - The world’s first “negative emissions” plant has begun operation—turning carbon dioxide into stone
• Iceland Review - October 12, 2017 - Revolutionary Equipment Turns Carbon Dioxide to Stone, Fighting Climate Change
• The Engineer - October 12, 2017 - Iceland project marries carbon capture with geological storage
• Buisness green - October 11, 2017 - Climeworks flick switch on 'world first' atmospheric carbon capture plant
• Reuters - October 11, 2017 - From thin air to stone: greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland
• Nature - October 11, 2017 - Emissions: We have the technology
• Think Geoenergy - May 26, 2017 - TV coverage on CarbFix project in Iceland – turning CO₂ into minerals

2016

• CNBC – November 17, 2016 - How carbon dioxide is being stored in rocks
• PBS NewsHour – August 23, 2016 - To combat climate change , these scientists are turning CO₂ into rock
• WITF-TV – August 23, 2016 -These scientists are turning harmful excess CO₂ into rock
• Forbes – June 28, 2016 -The Science Behind How These Geologists Are Turning Carbon Emissions Into Solid Rock
• Daily Maverick – June 14, 2016 -Nature‘s CarbFix? Scientists claim to have found a way to store carbon emissions underground
• Digital Trends – June 13, 2016 -Iceland is fighting climate change by capturing CO₂ and turning it into stone
• The times of India – June 11, 2016 -Scientists turn CO₂ into stone to fight climate change
• Science – June 10, 2016 -Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone
• Engadget - June 10, 2016 -CarbFix turns a power plant‘s CO₂ emissions into rock
• New York Times – June 9, 2016 -Iceland Carbon Dioxide Storage Project Locks Away Gas, Fast
• Washington Post – June 9 2016 -This Iceland Plant Just Turned Carbon Dioxide Into Rock—and They Did It Super Fast
• National Geographic – June 9, 2016 -How One Country Is Making Rocks Out of Air Pollution
• Los Angeles Times – June 9, 2016 -How to Capture Carbon Dioxide From a Power Plant and Turn It to Stone
• BBC World Service – June 9, 2016 -Experiment Turns Waste CO₂ to Stone
• Guardian – June 9, 2016 -In Breakthrough, CO₂ Turned to Stone in Iceland
• The Economist – June 9, 2016 -Turning Air Into Stone
• CNBC – June 9, 2016 - Power Plant Turns Its Carbon Emissions to Stone
• Phys.org – June 9, 2016 - In a First, Power Plant Turns Carbon Emissions to Stone
• Forbes – June 9, 2016 -An Icelandic Power Plant Is Turning Carbon Emissions to Stone
• Scientific American – June 9, 2016 - Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions to Stone
• Times of India – June 9, 2016 - Iceland Power Plant Turns Carbon Emissions to Rock
• Japan Times – June 9, 2016 - Deep Below Iceland, Scientists Turn Heat-Trapping Carbon to Stone
• Smithsonian – June 9, 2016 -Iceland Carbon Capture Project Quickly Converts Carbon Dioxide Into Stone

Older

• The New York Times – February 9, 2015 - Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It
• Scientific American – December 1, 2013 - A Vault for Carbon Dioxide
• Scientific American – March 5, 2012 - New Storage Projects Turns CO₂ into Stone
• Inhabitat – September 7, 2011 - CarbFix: Revolutionary Tech Could Trap CO₂ Forever by Turning It Into Harmless Rock (Item is no longer accessible)