Researchers have found a new way to store thousands of years’ worth of carbon dioxide and prevent it from being released into the atmosphere, furthering efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions from several sources.

Carbon sequestration, or carbon capture, typically involves plucking the carbon out of the atmosphere, compressing it and storing it underground.

But Israel-based climate change solutions company Rewind drew inspiration from the natural processes of the earth for an innovative solution on carbon storage, Ram Amar, CEO of Rewind, told ABC News.

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The WNE Startup Program aims at supporting entrepreneurs from the civil nuclear sector by offering them visibility and a unique business experience during WNE.

Learn more about the WNE’s Startup Program here.

The significance of this purchase commitment is it will catalyze project financing for Heirloom: ”Microsoft agreed to buy credits from Heirloom Carbon for the removal of up to 315,000 metric tons of CO2 over 10 years. That would amount to a purchase commitment of at least $200 million based on market prices and would offset the equivalent of the annual emissions of around 70,000 cars.”

More on this in the Wall Street Journal here.