December 2022 - Bay of Plenty Business News

36 BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS December 2022
Tauranga carbon capture researcher
awarded Rutherford Discovery Fellowship
The goal of understanding the deep history of carbon cycling on Earth
and how – and if – we can make that work for us in the fight against
climate change has secured University of Waikato researcher Dr Terry
Isson a prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowship.
Terry’s research to date looks to piece
together a picture of climate regulation on
Earth over its multi-billion-year history,
by investigating intricate processes within the
global carbon cycle. This involves examination
of changes to Earth’s climate state across both
broad time scales and also during more specific
climatic and mass extinction events.
The Rutherford Fellowship means this
research on the role that silicate minerals play
in regulating the natural carbon cycle, can grow.
Foremost, Terry aims to reconstruct the
multi-billion years of history of what natural carbon
capture and release looks like.
“The fellowship will allow me to investigate
further how the Earth’s coupled carbon-silicon
cycle works – how effective it is, how it responds
to climate change and what role biology plays in
returning carbon back to the atmosphere,”
One other aspect of Terry’s research looks
at how silicate minerals can help absorb carbon
directly from the atmosphere. A partnership with
Tauranga iwi Ngāti Pūkenga has been looking at
how dunite can be used on farmland to capture
carbon and reduce emissions.
Dr Terry Isson
“I’ll be able to look at harnessing other natural
processes for large scale carbon capture as
well as scale up my research into rock weathering,”
Terry says.
Terry’s two-pronged approach will understand
and unpack the potential of silicate minerals
to help tip Earth’s climate back into balance.
The weathering of silicate minerals, like olivine,
University of Waikato researcher Dr Terry Isson
doing field work on a recent trip to Svalbard.
draws carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
while silicate mineral formation re-releases that
carbon back into the air.
“It is time for us to radically reimagine the
way we live life on this planet,” Terry says.
“By coupling field studies with new geochemical
models and machine learning techniques,
we can better understand how silicate
minerals naturally regulate our climate, and then
see what we can do to enhance that process to
tackle climate change.
“This project will test the idea that we might
be able to harness the power of silicate minerals
to curb the escalating planetary fever and potentially
take us one step closer to achieving carbon
neutrality.”
Print company Kale Print purchases Whitianga-based Endeavour Print
Bay of Plenty print company Kale Print has
purchased Whitianga-based Endeavour
Print.
Kevin Coughey, former owner of Endeavour
Print, says, “Endeavour Print and Kale Print are
iconic family businesses. Merging the technologies
and talent of both teams will result in more
products and services for our clients.
Kale Print has an outstanding reputation
in the print industry, the highest level of professionalism
and of course a passion for print.
Endeavour Print has been a leading print provider
for clients both local and across the region
for more than 13 years, providing high quality
digital printing.
“It has been an absolute privilege to be part
of and contribute to the vibrant Coromandel
community over the years. Now it is the right
time for a change for me personally, and I am
very excited to see what the future holds. “Kale
Print’s values align directly with Endeavour
Print. Coupled with our long-standing working
relationship, made Kale Print the perfect fit to
best support our customers into the future.”
The company’s point out that it will be business
as usual for Endeavour Print customers.
Peter Lloyd, general manager of Kale Print,
says, “We are thrilled to be able to continue
serving Endeavour’s customers locally and
through the region.”
This deal follows Kale Print’s acquisition of
Advocate Print last November.
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