• Global CO2 uptake by cement from 1930 to 2019 

      Guo, Rui; Wang, Jiaoyue; Bing, Longfei; Tong, Dan; Ciais, Philippe; Davis, Steven J.; Andrew, Robbie; Xi, Fengming; Liu, Zhu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Because of the alkaline nature and high calcium content of cements in general, they serve as a CO2- absorbing agent through carbonation processes, resembling silicate weathering in nature. This carbon uptake capacity of ...
    • Global patterns of daily CO2 emissions reductions in the first year of COVID-19 

      Liu, Zhu; Deng, Zhu; Zhu, Biqing; Ciais, Philippe; Davis, Steven J.; Tan, Jianguang; Andrew, Robbie; Boucher, Olivier; Arous, Simon Ben; Canadell, Josep G.; Dou, Xinyu; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Gentine, Pierre; Guo, Rui; Hong, Chaopeng; Jackson, Robert B.; Kammen, Daniel M.; Ke, Piyu; Le Quéré, Corinne; Monica, Crippa; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Peters, Glen Philip; Tanaka, Katsumasa; Wang, Yilong; Zheng, Bo; Zhong, Haiwang; Sun, Taochun; Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Day-to-day changes in CO2 emissions from human activities, in particular fossil-fuel combustion and cement production, reflect a complex balance of influences from seasonality, working days, weather and, most recently, the ...