Geobiology search menu search content Coastal Enhanced Silicate Weathering Investigating the potential for carbon dioxide drawdown in coastal environments The ocean is a natural sink that takes up about a quarter of fossil fuel emissions each year. In the Coastal-Carbon research we investigate if we…

Benjamin Van Heurck doctoral scholarship holder Research Benjamin Van Heurck Research team Geobiology The impact of macrofauna and microbiota on silicate weathering in coastal sediments. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Enhanced silicate weathering (ESW) is an approach that targets for the deliberat…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content Climate solutions Climate solutions Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges that humanity faces. In the Paris agreement, all countries committed themselves to limit the global warming to well below 2°C, aiming fo…

Luna Geerts onderzoeker Over Luna Geerts Luna Geerts Contact Campus Drie Eiken Toon e-mailadres Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL In mijn onderzoek focus ik op coastal enhanced silicate weathering (versnelde silicaat verwering in kustgebieden), wat een nieuwe manier is om CO2 af te vangen van d…

Harun Niron postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Harun Niron Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise During my Ph.D., I developed a strong foundation in plant physiology, bioinformatics, and molecular biology, acquiring proficiency in advanced techniques such as clon…

Luna Geerts researcher Research Luna Geerts Research team Geobiology Quantitative modelling of negative emissions through coastal enhanced silicate weathering. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract The societal challenge of limiting global warming to <2°C by 2100 cannot be achieved by reducing fossil fu…

Arthur Vienne predoc researcher FWO Research Arthur Vienne Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Long term, field-scale Terrestrial Enhanced Weathering (TEW) using Basalt rock dust: Modelling and monitoring carbon sequestration while investigating synergies for forestry. 01/11/…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content NETs Negative Emission Technologies for CO2 removal Basalt NETs manipulation experiment NETs manipulation experiment Biochar Achieving the climate targets as agreed at the climate summit in Paris requires rapid decarbonization of all sectors. However,…

Sophia Findeisen predoc researcher FWO Research Sophia Findeisen Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ESW) for climate change mitigation and ecosystem restoration: Panacea or Pandora's box? 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Anthro…

Filip Meysman research professor Research Filip Meysman Research team Geobiology Expertise marine microbiology and ecology biogeochemistry oceanography climate change and global change citizen science Marine carbon dioxide drawdown via enhanced carbonate dissolution in coastal sediments. 01/11/2024 …

Luna Geerts researcher About Luna Geerts Luna Geerts Contact Campus Drie Eiken Show email address Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL In my research, I focus on coastal enhanced silicate weathering, which is a novel way of actively sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere. More specifically, I aim to…

Lucilla Boito doctoral scholarship holder Research Lucilla Boito Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Experimental verification of the influence of biota on enhanced silicate weathering. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract At the 2015 climate summit in Paris, the world committed …

Sara Vicca associate professor About Sara Vicca Sara Vicca Contact Campus Groenenborger Show email address Tel. +3232651742 Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, BEL My research focuses on carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, with a strong focus on (1) the feedback between ecosyste…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content European project on climate change Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? University of Antwerp coordinates European project on climate change A newly funded European research consortium investigates whether a low-energy…

Sara Vicca associate professor Research Sara Vicca Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise My research focuses on how different environmental factors influence carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and how changes in these ecosystems feed back to the climate system. …

Fran Lauriks Over Fran Lauriks Fran Lauriks Contact Campus Drie Eiken Toon e-mailadres Tel. +3232655051 Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL Als post-doc met een achtergrond in boom-ecofysiologie nam ik deel aan het burgerwetenschapsproject CurieuzenAir, waar we samen met 3.000 burgers de luchtkwa…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? A European funded research consortium investigates whether a low-energy solution for carbon capture can be designed using an ooze of rocks, fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Can we us…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Master and individual projects 2024-2025 Prof. dr. Ivan Nijs and co-workers Newly emerging rainfall regimes Prof. dr. Erik Verbruggen and co-workers Soil food webs and soil health: What do we know and the way forward Prof. dr. Matteo Campioli and co-w…

Gunter Flipkens senior onderzoeker Publicaties Gunter Flipkens Coastal enhanced olivine weathering for climate change mitigation: investigating the CO2 sequestration potential and ecotoxicological risks Bron Antwerpen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Departement Biologie, 2024,417 p…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content Projects Planned, ongoing and finished projects Ongoing projects Restoring degraded soils while sequestering carbon (RESTOC). 01/12/2024 - 30/11/2028 Abstract RESTOC aims to test the use of three CO2 removal (CDR) techniques - …

Jet Rijnders doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Jet Rijnders Earthworms in an enhanced weathering mesocosm experiment : effects on soil carbon sequestration, base cation exchange and soil CO₂ efflux Bron Soil biology and biochemistry - ISSN 0038-0717-199 (2024) p. 1-16 Auteur(s) Arthur Vienne, Patrick …

Sophia Findeisen predoc mandaat FWO Onderzoek Sophia Findeisen Onderzoeksgroep Planten- en Ecosystemen (PLECO) - Ecologie in tijden van verandering Versnelde verwering van silicaatmineralen voor ecosysteemherstel en mitigatie van klimaatverandering: wondermiddel of doos van Pandora? 01/11/2024 - 31/…

Sara Vicca hoofddocent Publicaties Sara Vicca Earthworms in an enhanced weathering mesocosm experiment : effects on soil carbon sequestration, base cation exchange and soil CO₂ efflux Bron Soil biology and biochemistry - ISSN 0038-0717-199 (2024) p. 1-16 Auteur(s) Arthur Vienne, Patrick Frings, Si…

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Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Rock dust can remove a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere Scientists from UAntwerp and elsewhere expect a lot from this special technology Will we eventually spray powdered rock from airplanes over certain ecosystems to tackle climate change? It seems qui…