Iceland rolls out devices to help capture and bury carbon dioxide in effort to fight climate change
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Iceland is famous for its stunning natural beauty, but it's the devices that resemble giant air conditioners that are making history as the world's first large-scale attempt to directly capture carbon dioxide and bury it underground.
The Swiss company Climeworks started operating 96 fans powered by a nearby geothermal plant Thursday. "As soon as the fans are on, every ton of CO2 that's removed is a ton that's actually helping, fighting climate change and not contributing to global warming," Julie Gosalvez, an executive with Climeworks, told CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy.Noumea — France's president held a flurry of meetings with local representatives in the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Thursday, urging calm after deadly rioting, and vowing thousands of military reinforcements will stay in place to quell what he called an "unprecedented insurrection."
Kathmandu — Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Mount Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman. Climbers usually take days to reach the top of the 29,032-foot mountain, spending nights on its different camps to rest and acclimatize.