There is almost unanimous consensus that humanity must strive to reduce the Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) content in our atmosphere as soon as possible. In order to deal with this issue, if only symbolically while highlighting the problems posed by certain industrial practices, Tohoku University engineering researchers have come up with an innovative proposal.

The approach adopted by the team led by Professor Yasuhiro Fukushima, who concurrently heads up the Moonshot Research & Development Program No. 4 target effort, is an application of the Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology*, a type of Carbon Capture and Utilization † CCU, to control the amount of atmospheric CO₂.

* DAC entails using a variety of means to catch CO₂ in the atmosphere for re-use, etc.

† Based upon consideration of the Materials, Compounds and Elemental Cycles