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Attention and controversy is on the rise about climate solutions that aim to scale up and speed the ocean’s natural biological or chemical processes to capture and store C02.

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In the months since the report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in early 2022, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has increased in

Ocean Visions Product Aims to Accelerate Development and Testing of Macroalgae-Based Carbon Sequestration Ocean Visions brings together leading oceanographic research and academic institutions with private sector and public-interest organizations to design and advance solutions to the growing threats to our ocean. New “living” digital road map allows for global crowdsourcing approach The ocean represents an enormous opportunity to sequester carbon, but ocean-based carbon dioxide removal app...

Ocean Visions 2021 Summit to Showcase and Explore Diverse Solutions for Pressing Ocean Challenges The mission of Ocean Visions is to mobilize a diverse community of problem-solvers working together to tackle the most pressing challenges facing the ocean Summit to feature prominent researchers, innovators, decision-makers, and funders on cutting edge of creating and advancing solutions in ocean-climate nexus. This conference is about breaking down silos among research universities and institutio...

In the race to stall or even reverse global warming, new efforts are in the works to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and put it somewhere safe. One

Fred Bever/Maine Public toggle caption Fred Bever/Maine Public Adam Baske (left) and Capt. Rob Odlin of Running Tide Technologies in the Gulf of Maine. They release rope thats entwined with early-stage kelp, a fast growing seaweed that will soak up carbon dioxide. Fred Bever/Maine Public In the race to stall or even reverse global warming, new efforts are in the works to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and put it somewhere safe. One startup in Maine ha...

Adam Baske, business development manager for Portlands Running Tide Technologies, holds a tube wrapped in early-stage kelp. Entwined with biodegradable rope, the kelp will grow in the sea off Scarborough and once full-grown, sunk to the ocean bottom. (Fred Bever/Maine Public) The fight against climate change has long focused on scaling back humanity’s emissions of planet-warming carbon-dioxide. But a movement is growing to think bigger and find ways to actually pull existing CO2 out of the ai...

An Ocean Visions expert team will advise and evaluate a research project conducted by Running Tide Technologies, to grow seaweed to sequester carbon.

The fight against climate change has long focused on scaling back humanity’s emissions of planet-warming carbon-dioxide. But a movement is growing to think