Ocean as Carbon Sink

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The Guardian

The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis

By Lucy Sherriff 01/02/23

Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and has high nutritional value, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, pollution and invasive speciesBubbles stream furiously behind Frank Hurd as he gently parts the curtains of giant kelp.…

The Washington Post

Oceans are warming faster than ever. Here’s what could come next.

By Brady Dennis 10/19/22

The world’s oceans have been warming for generations, a trend that is accelerating and threatens to fuel more supercharged storms, devastate marine ecosystems and upend the lives and livelihoods of millions of people, according to…

The Atlantic

Kelp Is Weirdly Great at Sucking Carbon Out of the Sky

By Robinson Meyer 05/25/22

Last month, somewhere off the coast of Maine, a small group of researchers and engineers released a series of tiny, floating objects into the water. The team called them “buoys,” but they looked more like…

Anthropocene

The Biggest Carbon Sink of All

By Mark Harris 05/19/22

One of the brightest hopes for sequestering carbon lies in the darkest place on earth: the abyssal depths of the deep ocean. For millennia, dead plants and animals have sunk to the bottom of the…

The Washington Post

The scientists fighting to save the ocean’s most important carbon capture system

By Lucy Sherriff 07/05/21

Frank Hurd gently parted the curtains of giant kelp that reached upward through the cold waters of the North Pacific, looking for signs of life. Kelp forests cover a quarter of the world’s coastlines, stretching…

Sierra

Can Farming Seaweed Put the Brakes on Climate Change?

By Heather Smith 06/28/21

Seaweed has been removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for at least 500 million years. Recent studies suggest that wild seaweed continues to do humanity a solid by sequestering 173 million metric tons annually. The…

earth.org

Saving the Ocean’s Invisible Forests

By Istu Septania 06/01/21

The ocean is at the front line of mitigating the climate crisis. Making up over 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean plays a crucial role in controlling the global climate system through, among other…

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

These tiny plants and giant animals are helping to store vast amounts of CO2 in our oceans

By Katharine Rooney 05/19/21

Some of the tiniest life forms in the sea are playing a mighty role in protecting life on Earth. Scientists have discovered that microscopic plants called diatoms absorb 10-20 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)…

NPR

‘Run The Oil Industry In Reverse’: Fighting Climate Change By Farming Kelp

By Fred Bever 03/01/21

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 has a…

ENVIROBITES

Blue Carbon and Green Kelp: Kelp forests could reduce carbon emissions

By Elisabeth Lang 10/09/20

You’re probably familiar with carbon in all different forms, from pencils to diamonds, but have you heard of blue carbon? Blue carbon refers to carbon stored in marine ecosystems and is what many environmental managers…

Carbon Brief

The oceans are absorbing more carbon than previously thought

By Dr Jamie Shutler and Prof Andy Watson 09/28/20

The oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface and play a crucial role in taking up CO2 from the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that around a quarter of CO2 emissions that human activity generates each…

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