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Joseph Shavit

May 11, 2022

Carbon diamonds made of CO2 sucked from the air

Traditional diamond mining is fraught with problems, from worker exploitation to deforestation and water pollution.

Joseph Shavit

Mar 5, 2022

Carbon negative diamonds made of CO2 sucked from the air

A startup called Aether is turning CO2 from the atmosphere into something new: the world’s first carbon-negative diamonds.

Joseph Shavit

Oct 11, 2020

These diamonds are made of CO2 sucked from the air

On the rooftop of a power-generating waste plant near Zurich, Switzerland, a row of large machines pulls carbon dioxide from the air.