On May 8, the Hellisheiði Power Station in Hengill, Iceland, witnessed the opening of Mammoth, the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) plant. Each year, Mammoth will remove 36,000 tons of carbon from Earth’s atmosphere. This is equal to eliminating the pollution that 7,800 gas cars produce annually. A DAC plant alone can’t save us from the ongoing climate crisis, but this technology addresses an important issue related to the high levels of carbon in our atmosphere. Many people believe that we can reverse climate change just by focusing on reducing our carbon emissions, but what about all…
