--- description: To keep global warming in check, the world needs to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide by 2100. Swiss company Climeworks uses direct air capture technology to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it permanently underground. title: The Power of Direct Air Capture image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc347ebc9805f89/698a557f096a94367c6b063e/3_THUMBNAIL.00_00_00_00.Still002.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 10, 2024 # This Company Removes Carbon Dioxide Directly From the Air by [Lisa Nho](/author/lisa-nho/) ## Lisa Nho Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close To keep global warming in check, the world needs to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide by 2100\. Swiss company Climeworks uses direct air capture technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air and store it permanently underground. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-co2-futures/6965501/climeworks-carbon-capture/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-co2-futures/6965501/climeworks-carbon-capture/"},"headline":"The Power of Direct Air Capture","datePublished":"2024-04-10T16:59:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-25T07:14:54.763Z","description":"To keep global warming in check, the world needs to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide by 2100. Swiss company Climeworks uses direct air capture technology to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it permanently underground.","url":"https://time.com/collections/time-co2-futures/6965501/climeworks-carbon-capture/","keywords":["Futures Innovative","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc347ebc9805f89/698a557f096a94367c6b063e/3_THUMBNAIL.00_00_00_00.Still002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Nho","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-nho/"}],"creator":"Lisa Nho","articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc347ebc9805f89/698a557f096a94367c6b063e/3_THUMBNAIL.00_00_00_00.Still002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-co2-futures/6965501/climeworks-carbon-capture/","name":"The Power of Direct Air Capture"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Company Uses Technology to Remove Carbon Dioxide Directly From the Air","description":"To keep global warming in check, the world needs to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide by 2100. Swiss company Climeworks uses direct air capture technology to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it permanently underground.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/AjHGch2y/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-04-10T15:37:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AjHGch2y.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time-co2-futures/6965501/climeworks-carbon-capture/","duration":"PT3M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time-co2-futures/6965501/climeworks-carbon-capture/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```