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 - Hvað getum við gert: Episode 21, Direct Air Capture
- Süddeutsche Zeitung - June - Wie Island zur CO2-Müllkippe werden will (German)
- Arctic Circle Podcast - June - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 -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)