Prof Juerg Matter holding the Earthshot trophy, with 44.01 founder and CEO Talal Hasan
Prof Juerg Matter's work to remove carbon from the atmosphere led to the formation of 44.01, the Omani company thatThe firm's peridotite mineralisation of carbon dioxide was announced winner of Earthshot's Fix Our Climate category. Swiss-born Juerg Matter is professor of geoengineering and carbon management at the University of Southampton and sits on the scientific committee of 44.01, which gets its name from the molecular mass of CO2.Prof Matter's research into CO2 in Southampton led to the formation of 44.01
"Removing CO2 from the atmosphere will be critical if we are to avoid the most disastrous effects of climate change, and we believe peridotite mineralisation can offer a safe, permanent, cost-effective means of eliminating CO2 once it has been captured.Oman has the largest concentration of peridotite rock in the world.