Publications

Publications from the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation.

2025

Beerling, D.J., Kantzas, E.P., Lomas, M.R., Taylor, L.L., Zhang, S., Kanzaki, Y., Eufrasio, R.M., Renforth, P., Mecure, J-F., Pollitt, H., Holden, P.B., Edwards, N.R., Koh, L., Epihov, D.Z., Wolf, A., Hansen, J.E., Banwart, S.A., Pidgeon, N.F., Reinhard, C.T., Planavsky, N.J. & Val Martin, M. (2025) . Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08429-2 Published 5 February 2025.

Cox, E., Lim, R., Spence, E., Payne, M., Beerling, D. & Pidgeon, N.F. et al (2025) . Environmental Science and Policy, 163, 103977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103977 Published 31 December 2024

2024

Abd Aziz, A., Nor Ghani, A., Sugiyama, M., del Barrio Alvarez, D., Cox, E., Spence, E. & Kamaludin, M. (2024). . Sustainability Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01587-2 Published 26 November 2024.

Holden, F.J., Davies, K., Bird, M.I., Hume, R., Green, H., Beerling D.J. & Nelson, P.N. (2024). . Science of the Total Environment. 955,176568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176568 Published 9 October 2024.

Cox, E., Bellamy, R. & Waller, L. 2024. . Environmental Research Letters 19(8), article number: 84026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5dd0 Published 16 July 2024.

Epihov, D.Z., Banwart, S.A., McGrath, S.P., Martin, D., Kantola, I.B., Masters, M.D., DeLucia, E.H. & Beerling, D.J. (2024) . Environmental Science & Technology.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10146 Published 24 June 2024.

Oppon, E., Lenny Koh, S.C. & Eufrasio, R. (2024) . Energy Economics 136, 2024, 107722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107722 Published 20 June 2024.

Weber, J., Keeble, J., Abraham, N.L., Beerling, D.J. & Val Martin, M. (2024). npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00678-2 Published 7 June 2024.

Lamb, W.F., Müller-Hansen, F., Cox, E., Repke, T., Bellamy, R. & Lueck, S. (2024) . The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal, 2nd edition. . https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/QN6FV Published 10 May 2024.

Cox, E., Shirani, F. & Rouse, P. (2024) . Energy Research and Social Science 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103559 Published 23 April 2024.

Eufrasio Espinosa, R.M. & Lenny Koh, S.C. (2024) . Sci Rep 14, 8298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57994-z Published 9 April 2024.

Contzen, N., Perlaviciute,G., Steg, L., Reckels, S.C., Alves, S., Bidwell, B., Böhm, G., Bonaiuto, M., Chou, L-F., Corral-Verdugo, V., Dessi, F., Dietz, T., Doran, R., do Carmo Eulálio, M., Fielding, K., Gómez-Román, C., Granskaya, J.V., Gurikova, T., Hernández, B., Maira P., Kabakova, T., Lee, C-H., Li, F., Lima, M.L., Liu, L., Luís, S., Muinos, G., Ogunbode, C.A., Ortiz, M.V., Pidgeon, N., Argüello Pitt, M., Rahimi, L., Revokatova, A., Cecilia Reyna, C., Schuitema, G., Shwom, R., Yalcinkaya, N.S., Spence, E. & Sütterlin, B. (2024) . Climatic Change 177, 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-024-03708-3 Published 29 March 2024.

Hilser, H., Hiraldo, L., Moreau, C., Draiby, A., Cox, E., Andrews, M.G., Winks, L., Walworth, N.G. (2024) . Front. Clim. 6, 1290999. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1290999. Published 14 March 2024.

Green, H., Larsen, P., Liu, Y. & Nelson, P.N. (2024) . Applied Geochemistry 165, 105940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.105940 Published 24 February 2024.

Weber, J., King, J. A., Abraham, L., Grosvenor, D., Smith, C., Shin, Y., Lawrence, P., Roe, S., Beerling, D. J. and Val Martin, M. (2024) , Science, 383, 860-864, 2024, DOI:10.1126/science.adg. Published 22 February 2024.

Beerling, D.J., Epihov, D.Z., Kantola, I.B., Masters, M.D., Reershemius, T., Planavsky, N.J., Reinhard, C.T., Jordan, J.S., Thorne, S.J., Weber, J., Martin, M.V., Freckleton, R.P., Hartley, S.E., James, R.H., Pearce, C.R., DeLucia, E.H. & Banwart, S.A. (2024) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 121(9), e2319436121. Published 22 February 2024.

2023

Hilser, H., Cox, E., Moreau, C., Hiraldo, L., Draiby, A., Winks, L., Andrews, M.G. & Walworth, N.G. (2024) , Environmental Development, Volume 49, 2024,100942, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100942. Published 30 November 2023.

Reershemius, T., Kelland, M.E., Jordan, J.S., Davis, I.R., D’Ascanio, R., Kalderon-Asael, B.K., Aseal, D., Surhhoff, T.J., Epihov, D.Z., Beerling, D.J., Reinhard, R.T. & Planavsky, N.J. (2023) . Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 19497-19507. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03609. Published 14 November 2023.

Val Martin, M., Blanc-Betes, E., Fung, M.K., Kantzas, E.P., Kantola, I.B., Chiaravalloti, I., Taylor, L.L., Emmons, L.K., Wieder, W.R., Planavasky, N.J., Masters, M.D., DeLucia, M.D., Tai, A.P.K. & Beerling, D.J. (2023) . Geoscientific Model Development, 16, 5783-5801. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5783-2023. Published 18 October 2023.

Renforth, P., Bellamy, R., Beerling, D. Boettcher, M., Bonalumi, Brandao, M., Fridahl, M., Fuss, S., Hansson, A., Heyward, C. Kolosz, B., Lamers, P., McLaren, D., Pomi, R., Sanchez, D.L., Shayegh, Sick, V., Van der Spek, M., Vishal, V. & Wilcox, J. (2023) . Frontiers in Climate, 5, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1279109. Published 18 September 2023.

Kantola, I.B., Blanc-Betes, E., Masters, M.D., Chang, E., Marklein, A., Moore, C.E., von Haden, A., Bernacchi, C.J., Wolf, A., Epihov, D.Z., Beerling, D.J. & DeLucia, E.H. (2023). . Global Change Biology, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16903. Published 17 August 2023.

Oppon, E., Koh, S., Eufrasio, R. et al. (2023): . Int J Life Cycle Assess (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02196-4. Published 18 July 2023.

Carr-Whitworth, R., Barrett, J., Colechin, M., Pidgeon, N., Style, R., Betts-Davies, S., Cox, E., Watson, A. & Wilson, O. (2023). . Environmental Research Letters 18, 074041. Published 10July 2023.

Beerling, D., Kantzas, E., Val Martin, M., Espinosa, R., Pidgeon, N. & Banwart, S. (2023): UK Government Policy Brief: . Available at figshare. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22888646.v3. Published 17 May 2023.

West, L.J., Banwart, S.A., Val Martin, M., Kantzas, E. & Beerling, D.J. (2023) . Applied Geochemistry, 151, 105591, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105591. Published 20 February 2023.

2022

Oppon, E., Richter, J. S., Koh, L. S. C., and Nabayiga, H. (2022) . Ecological Economics, Volume 204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107636. Published 27 October 2022.

Kemp, S. J., Lewis, A. L., and Rushton, J. C. (2022) . Applied Geochemistry, 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105465. Published 18 September 2022.

Vakilifard, N., Williams, R.G., Holden, P.B., Turner, K., Edwards, N.R. & Beerling, D.J. (2022) . Biogeosciences, 19, 4249-4265. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4249-2022. Published 8 September 2022

Larkin, C.S., Andrews, M.G., Pearce, C.R., Yeong, K.L., Beerling, D.J., Bellamy, J., Benedick, S., Freckleton, R.P., Goring-Harford, H., Sadekar, S. & James, R.H. (2022) Quantification of CO₂ removal in a large-scale enhanced weathering field trial on an oil palm plantation in Sabah Malaysia. Frontiers Climate, 4, . Published 30 August 2022.

Cox, E., Spence, E., and Pidgeon, N. (2022) . Public Understanding of Science. doi:10.1177/09636625221112190. Published August 2022.

Semieniuk, G., Holden, P.B., Mercure, JF. et al. (2022) . Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 532–538. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01356-y. Published 26 May 2022.

Vienne, A., Poblador, S., Portillo-Estrada, M., Hartmann, J., Ijiehon, S., Wade, P., and Vicca, S. (2022) . Front. Clim. 4:869456, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.869456. Published 17 May 2022.

Eufrasio, R. M., Kantzas, E. P., Edwards, N. R. et al. (2022) . Commun Earth Environ 3, 106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00436-3. Published 5 May 2022.

Kantzas, E. P., Val Martin, M. & Lomas, M. R. et al. (2022) . Nat. Geosci. Published 25 April 2022.

Redondo-Bermúdez, M., Jorgensen, A., Cameron, R. & Val Martin, M. (2022) , Nature-Based Solutions, Volume 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100017. Published 28 March 2022.

Fung, K. M., Val Martin, M., & Tai, A. P. K. (2022), , Biogeosciences, 19, 1635–1655, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1635-2022. Published 21 March 2022.

2021

Mercure, J.-F., Salas, P., Vercoulen, P., Semieniuk, G., Lam, A., Pollitt, H., Holden, P. B., Vakilifard, N., Chewpreecha, U., Edwards, N. R. & Vinuales, J.E. (2021) . Nature Energy, 6, 1133-1139. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00934-2 Published 6 December 2021.

James, R., Bullock, L., Larkin, C. & Matter, J. (2021) . Geoscientist (autumn), 16-22. Published 1 September 2021.

Vakilifard, N., Kantzas, E. P., Edwards, N. R., Holden, P. B. & Beerling, D. J. (2021) . Environmental Research Letters, 19, 094005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1818. Published 12 August 2021.

Gomez-Casanoas, N., Blanc-Betes, E., Moore, C. E., Bernachi, C. J., Kantola, I. & DeLucia, E. H. (2021) . Science of the Total Environment, 799, 149466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149466. Published online 4 August 2021.

Lewis, A. L., Sarkar, B., Wade, P., Kemp, S. J., Hodson, M. E., Taylor, L. L., Yeong, K. L., Davies, K., Nelson, P. N., Bird, M. I., Kantola, I. B., Masters, M. D., DeLucia, E., Leake, J. R., Banwart, S. A. & Beerling, D. J. (2021) . Applied Geochemistry, 132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105023. Published 21 June 2021.

Spence, E., Cox, E.& Pidgeon, N. (2021) . Climatic Change, 165, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03050-y. Published 19 March 2021.

Horton, P., Long, S. P., Smith, P., Banwart, S. A. & Beerling, D. J. (2021) . Nature Plants, 7, 250–255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00877-2. Published 15 March 2021.

Epihov, D. Z., Saltonstall, K., Batterman, S. A., Hedin, L. O., Hall, J. S., van Breugel, M., Leake, J. R. & Beerling, D. J. (2021) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 118, e2022241118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022241118. Published 16 March 2021.

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2021) . Risk Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13717. Published 2 March 2021.

Cox E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2021) What people think about Carbon Dioxide Removal.
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Cox, E., Boettcher, M., Spence, E. & Bellamy, R. (2021) . Frontiers in Climate. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.576294. Published 2 February 2021.

Taylor, L. L., Driscoll, C. T., Groffman, P. M., Rau, G. H., Blum, J. D. & Beerling, D. J. (2021) . Biogeosciences, 18, 169–188. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-169-2021. Published 12 January 2021.

2020

Blanc-Betes, E., Kantola, I. B., Gomez-Casanovas, N., Hartman, M. D., Parton, W. J., Lewis, A. L., Beerling, D. J. & DeLucia, E. H. (2020) . GCB Bioenergy, 13, 224-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12757. Published 7 October 2020.

Beerling, D. J., Kantzas, E., Lomas, M. R., Wade, P., Eufrasio, R. M., Renforth, P., Quirk, J., Sarkar, B., Andrews, G., James, R. H., Pearce, C. R., Khanna, M., Koh, L., Quegan, S., Pidgeon, N. F., Janssens, I., Hansen, J. & Banwart, S. A. (2020) . Nature, 583, 242-248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2448-9. Published 8 July 2020.

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2020) . Nature Climate Change, 10, 744-749. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0823-z. Published 6 July 2020.

MacDougall, A.H., Frölicher, T.L., Jones, C.D., Rogelj, J., Matthews, H.D., Zickfeld, K., Arora, V. K., Barrett, N. J., Brovkin, V., Burger, F. A., Eby, M., Eliseev, A.V., Hajima, T., Holden, P.B., Jeltsch-Thömmes, A., Koven, C., Mengis, N., Menviel, L., Michou, M., Mokhov, I.I., Oka, A., Schwinger, J., Séférian, R., Shaffer, G., Sokolov, A., Tachiiri, K., Tjiputra, J., Wiltshire, A. & Ziehn, T. (2020) . Biogeosciences, 17, 2987–3016. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2987-2020. Published 15 June 2020.

Kelland, M.E., Wade, P.W., Lewis, A.L., Taylor, L.L., Sarkar, B., Andrews, M.G., Lomas, M.R., Cotton, T.E.A., Kemp, S.J., James, R.H., Pearce, C.R., Hartley, S.E., Hodson, M.E., Leake, J.R., Banwart, S.A. & Beerling, D.J. (2020) Global Change Biology, 26, 3658–3676. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15089. Published 21 April 2020.

Pidgeon, N. (2021) . Journal of Risk Research, 24:1, 28-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1749118. Published 17 April 2020.

Cox, E., Spence, E. & Pidgeon, N. (2020) . Environmental Values, 29, 197-220. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327119X15678473650947. Published 1 April 2020.

2019

Lawrence, D.M. et al (including Val Martin, M). (2019) . Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11, 4245-4287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079938 Corrected 12 November 2019

Cox, E., Royston, S. & Selby, J. (2019) . Energy Research and Social Science, 55, 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.05.016. Published September 2019.

Beerling, D.J. (2019) Plants, People, Planet. 1:310-314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10066. Published 28 August 2019.

Andrews, M.G. & Taylor, L.L. (2019) . Elements, 15, 253-258. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.4.253. Published 1 August 2019.

Cox, E. & Edwards, N.R. (2019) . Climate Policy, 19, 1144-1156. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1634509. Published 26 June 2019.

Smith, P., Adams, J., Beerling, D. J., Beringer, T., Calvin, K.V., Fuss, S., Griscom, B., Hagemann, N., Kammann, C., Kraxner, F., Minx, J.C., Popp, A., Renforth, P., Vicente-Vicente, J.L. & Keesstra, S. (2019) . Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 44:1, 255-286. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033129. Published 11 June 2019.

2018

Arnold, S.R., Lombardozzi, D., Lamarque, J.-F., Richardson, T., Emmons, L.K., Tilmes, S., Sitch, S.A., Folberth, G., Hollaway, M.J. & Val Martin, M. (2018) . Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079938

Eufrasio-Espinosa, R.M. & Koh, L.S.C. (2019) . In: Shurpali N., Agarwal A., Srivastava V. (eds) Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. Pages 87-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3272-2_7. Published 1 November 2018.

Spence, E., Pidgeon, N. & Pearson, P. (2018) . Marine Policy, 97, 287-293. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.006. Published November 2018.

Mercure, J.-F., Pollitt, H., Viñuales, J.E., Edwards, N.R., Holden, P.B., Chewpreecha, U., Salas, P., Sognnaes, I., Lam, A. & Knobloch, F. (2018) . Nature Climate Change, 8, 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0182-1 Published 4 June 2018.

Cox, E., Pidgeon, N., Spence, E. & Thomas, G. (2018) . Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 6 (38): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00038. Published 29 May 2018.

Shaw, C., Hurth, V., Capstick, S. & Cox, E. (2018) . Energy Policy, 116, 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.002 Published 22 February 2018

Beerling, D.J., Leake, J.R., Long, S.P., Scholes, J.D., Ton, J., Nelson, P.N., Bird, M.I., Kantzas, E., Taylor, L.L., Sarkar, B., Kelland, M., DeLucia, E., Kantola, I., Müller, C., Rau, G. & Hansen, J. (2018) . Nature Plants, 4, 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0108-y. Published 19 February 2018.

Singh, M., Sarkar, B., Sarkar, S., Churchman, J., Bolan, N., Mandal, S., Menon, M., Purakayastha, J. & Beerling, D.J. (2018) . Advances in Agronomy, 148, 33-52.

2017

Hansen, J., Sato, M., Kharecha, P., von Schuckmann, K., Beerling, D.J., Cao, J., Marcott, S., Masson-Delmotte, V., Prather, M.J., Rohling, E.J., Shakun, J., Smith, P., Lacis, A., Russell, G. & Ruedy, R. (2017) . Earth System Dynamics, 8, 577-616. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-577-2017. Published 18 July 2017.

Beerling, D.J. (2017) Biology Letters, 13, 20170149. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0149 Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Kantola, I.B., Masters, M.D., Beerling, D.J., Long, S.P. & DeLucia, D.H. (2017) . Biology Letters, 13, 20160714. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0714. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Edwards, D.P., Lim, F., James, R.H., Pearce, C.R., Scholes, J., Freckleton, R.P. & Beerling, D.J. (2017) . Biology Letters, 13, 20160715. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0715. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Lawford-Smith, H. & Currie, A. (2017) . Biology Letters, 13, 20160859. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0859. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Taylor, L.L., Beerling, D.J., Quegan, S. & Banwart, S.A. (2017) . Biology Letters, 13, 20160868. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0868. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

Pidgeon, N.F. & Spence, E. (2017) . Biology Letters, 13, 20170024. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0024. Published 5 April 2017 as part of the mini-series “Enhanced rock weathering: biological climate change mitigation with co-benefits for food security”.

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