and adrienne murray has been looking at a promising solution back on our world.is. adrienne: this isn't some faraway planet. these martian—like landscapes are found in iceland. it could almost be a scene from science fiction. seemingly in the middle of nowhere, these towering machines are guzzling up carbon dioxide, a global—warming gas. so could this much—hyped technology help us fight the climate crisis? mammoth is the world's largest direct air capture and storage facility. what you see here are 12 of our collector containers. when the plant is fully operational, we'll actually have 72 around the plant. that will enable us to capture 36,000 tonnes of c02 every year. it works like a giant vacuum. each of these units is the size of a shipping container and has a dozen powerfulfans sucking in the surrounding air. they pull in an olympic swimming pool�*s worth of air every a0 seconds. and then, inside, a filter separates the c02. in the atmosphere, its concentration is very dilute. capturing even small amounts requires lots of energy, and mammoth gets both power a

adrienne murray's been there to find out more.n this part of iceland is one of the world's most active volcanic hotspots. krafla has erupted 30 times in 1,000 years and last blew in the 1980s. and though it may sound crazy, scientists are now preparing to drill into it. the idea is to learn more about how volcanoes behave so that we can better predict eruptions, and also tap into a super—hot source of energy. volcanoes can be spectacular but they are also devastating. around the world, millions of people live close to them. here in iceland, residents of grindavik have had their lives upended by a string of eruptions. but researchers here hope their work will change that, helping to save lives and money while also pioneering a form of volcano power. we have about a0 wells spread around the geothermal field, producing a mixture of hot water and steam. this plant supplies electricity to about 30,000 homes. soon after it began operations five decades ago, krafla began to wake up again. we started to have volcanic eruption only 2km awa

adrienne murray's been there to find out more.n this part of iceland is one of the world's most active volcanic hotspots. krafla has erupted 30 times in 1,000 years and last blew in the 1980s. and though it may sound crazy, scientists are now preparing to drill into it. the idea is to learn more about how volcanoes behave so that we can better predict eruptions, and also tap into a super—hot source of energy. volcanoes can be spectacular but they're also devastating. around the world, millions of people live close to them. here in iceland, residents of grindavik have had their lives upended by a string of eruptions. but researchers here hope their work will change that, helping to save lives and money while also pioneering a form of volcano power. we have about a0 wells spread around the geothermal field, producing a mixture of hot water and steam. this plant supplies electricity to about 30,000 homes. soon after it began operations five decades ago, krafla began to wake up again. we started to have volcanic eruption only 2km away

and adrienne murray has been looking at a promising solution back on our world. carbon dioxide, a global—warming gas. so could this much—hyped technology help us fight the climate crisis? mammoth is the world's largest direct air capture and storage facility. what you see here are 12 of our collector containers. when the plant is fully operational, we'll actually have 72 around the plant. that will enable us to capture 36,000 tonnes of c02 every year. it works like a giant vacuum. each of these units is the size of a shipping container and has a dozen powerfulfans sucking in the surrounding air. they pull in an olympic swimming pool�*s worth of air every a0 seconds. and then, inside, a filter separates the c02. in the atmosphere, its concentration is very dilute. capturing even small amounts requires lots of energy, and mammoth gets both power and hot water from the nearby geothermal plant. for us to do direct air capture effectively and efficiently, we want to make sure that we're using energy that has a low carbon footprint. some would look at this and say, "ha