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The Dust From Volcanic Rock as a Carbon Capture Tool

Low birth weight is associated with all sorts of problems, including higher infant mortality and long-term health problems. Fast Company told us of a startup that's using the dust from volcanic rock as a carbon capture tool on farms by spreading it as fertilizer. On this one farm that they looked at, it amounted to capturing 384 tons of carbon.

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