Should we pull carbon out of the air with trees, or machines? It’s not as simple as it sounds.

See our website for a transcript and more information on our sources and methods:
https://grist.org/technology/should-w...

Video by Jesse Nichols

Senior Producer:
Daniel Penner

Deputy Editor:
Teresa Chin

Executive Editor:
Kat Bagley

Additional illustrations:
Dani Nunes

Sources:

IPCC WGIII 2022 Report
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/do...

State of CDR
https://www.stateofcdr.org/resources

Our World in Data/Global Carbon Project
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/an...

IEA
https://www.iea.org/reports/direct-ai...

NASA Earth Observatory
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/fea...
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/fea...

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