{"id":4464,"date":"2025-04-04T21:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:06:22","slug":"fridayfacts-ep-1-capturing-carbon-from-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/04\/04\/fridayfacts-ep-1-capturing-carbon-from-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"#FridayFacts: Ep.1 Capturing Carbon from the Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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#FridayFacts: Ep.1 Capturing Carbon from the Air<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n
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\n\n \n A new USC Wrigley Institute video series spotlights cutting-edge climate and sustainability topics\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n By<\/span>Vanessa Codilla<\/strong>\n \n April 4, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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In April 2025, the USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability launched #FridayFacts, a new short-form video series for the Institute’s Instagram<\/a> and YouTube Channel<\/a> to bring climate and sustainability topics to the forefront of your social media feed. Spotlighting innovative research and solutions led by Wrigley Institute-affiliated researchers, the series focuses on sharing timely, factual information in bite-sized, easily-digestible videos.<\/p>\n

The first episode featured Wrigley Institute Director and Professor Joe \u00c1rvai, who recently traveled to Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland with his undergraduate students as part of a course that focuses on decision-making around sustainable action<\/a>. While there, the group visited Climeworks\u2013the world’s first commercial-scale direct direct air capture (DAC) facility\u2013to learn firsthand about an emerging climate solution for decarbonization.<\/p>\n

In the video, \u00c1rvai walks viewers through key points: what is DAC. what are the challenges, and is it a feasible solution to address climate change?<\/p>\n

The takeaway: DAC isn\u2019t the end-all be-all solution\u2014but it can play a key role in closing the gap once we\u2019ve already done the hard work of decarbonizing. It\u2019s one tool among many, and also one worth watching as the technology evolves.<\/p>\n