TEMPE, AZ — About five years ago, Arizona State University began its push to install mechanical trees around campus that would collect carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to help fight climate change.
In 2022, the first "tree" was installed.
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ABC15 Meteorologist Ashlee DeMartino spoke exclusively with ASU President Michael Crow on Tuesday to see how the project is going.
"The mechanical trees are a continuing research project. We are moving forward and we won one of the carbon hubs awards for the project. ASU's plan is to work with our partners to continue to capture carbon from the atmosphere and then we will store it in underground storage," said Crow.
ASU hopes to build industrial opportunities around it for companies to use.
