Project Vesta is running a project in advancing the science of carbon removal through a process called coastal enhanced weathering (CEW). They hope to help reverse climate change by removing a significant proportion of human CO2 emissions in a way that is permanent, cost-effective, and sustainable using an existing natural process called chemical weathering which has been removing CO2 from the air for billions of years by reaction of Olivine rock with water. Project Vesta is studying the effect of accelerated CO2 capture by putting olivine in coastal areas, harnessing free wave energy to break down olivine grains and expediting weathering rates. The family has supported the project with a donation in 2020.
