Agro Sequestration: A Scalable, Economical, And Verifiable Method for Stable Sequestration of Agricultural Fixed Carbon

Harry Deckman, Ph.D., Research Associate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

August 24, 2023, 3 - 4 PM ET
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Abstract: Agro Sequestration is a carbon-negative technology that aims to tackle the climate crisis. It involves growing plants and trees to capture CO2 and storing the harvested vegetation in engineered biolandfills with low water activity to prevent degradation. The proposed technology offers the potential to extract CO2 from the atmosphere and sequester a significant fraction of annual world CO2 emissions at relatively low costs.

Bio: Harry holds a BS in Physics from Case Institute of Technology and a PhD in Solid State Physics from Iowa State University. He made significant contributions to physics, chemistry, and materials science during his time at ExxonMobil Corporate Research Lab. Now retired from ExxonMobil in 2021, he researches Agro Sequestration at UC Berkeley. Harry has authored ~100 peer-reviewed publications and holds 120 US patents. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and received the 2021 American Chemical Society's Henry H. Storch Award for Energy Chemistry.

Citation: E. Yablonovitch, & H.W. Deckman, “Scalable, Economical, and Stable Sequestration of Agricultural Fixed Carbon”, (Apr. 11, 2023)  
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2217695120