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Logophile. Curious. Scuba diver. Paraglider. Stand for ‘Abundance’ — a belief that climate action must scale with industry, not against it.

Published April 28, 2025

3 min

What Are Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions — And Why Should You Care? (ELI5)

The Hidden Footprints of Corporate Pollution — And Why Scope 3 Changes Everything All CO₂ emissions from a company are categorized into Scope 1, 2, and 3. This gives us a framework to understand how to reduce emissions across all operations. Reducing these emissions is our only chance to limit the dire effects of global warming — and keep global temperature rise under 1.5°C. Let’s say you run a company that sells cookies. You bake them in your factory, wrap them in plastic, power your ovens wi

Published April 23, 2025

2 min

What we know about the impending heatwave in India

India braces for its hottest summer yet — heatwaves surge, risks rise. It’s going to be a hot summer. Hotter than anything we’ve experienced before. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast: “Above-normal maximum temperatures are likely in most parts of the country.” This is a cause for alarm. Buried in the Numbers Last year, official reports from the Health Ministry indicated that between March 1 and June 18, there were 110 deaths attributed to heatstroke. However, other sources

Published April 8, 2025

3 min

What Is Enhanced Rock Weathering? (ELI5)

Turning Dust into Climate Action — How Crushed Rocks Can Cool the Planet. We Have to Fight Climate Change. Different companies are adopting a range of strategies to fight carbon emissions — the single biggest cause of a hotter, warmer planet. One of those pathways is enhanced rock weathering. Imagine if rock dust could pull carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere and help cool the planet. This is Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW). But before we understand ERW, let’s talk about natural rock

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Cricket enthusiast. Long distance runner. Believer that climate action may start with science — but it runs on people. I just want to make the earth a cooler place to live, literally.

Published April 9, 2025

3 min

The journey of Basalt - from crushers to carbon removal

How a humble rock begins its journey to fight climate change — one dusty road at a time. When we think of climate action, we often picture solar panels, wind turbines, or electric cars. But at Alt Carbon, we work with something more ancient. More grounded. A rock. Basalt. Mars has a lot of basalt too Many Martian rocks are volcanic and basaltic, giving insight into the planet’s fiery past. A dark volcanic stone — often overlooked — yet quietly powerful. When crushed and spread

Reviving Darjeeling one cup at a time.

Published May 22, 2025

3 min

Here’s how we’re solving for Climate Change

We raised $12 million in seed funding to accelerate carbon removal in the Global South By Sparsh & Shrey We believe there are five great planetary problems that require attention for the progress of humanity:  1. Curing cancer (more broadly pestilence & disease) 2. Interstellar travel 3. Advancements in intelligence (development of cognitive systems; advance of AI) 4. Addressing inequality 5. Solving climate change.  Working on any of these broad fields not only helps advance humanity,