Carbon to Sea is excited to share our newest video on ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), which debuted at the AGU24 conference this week in Washington, D.C. We are proud to have worked with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to produce this video outlining the work Carbon to Sea and our partners are doing around the world to evaluate OAE. 

“As the largest funder in this space, we’re supporting the world’s best scientists to test ocean alkalinity enhancement’s viability as a climate solution – focused on safety, effectiveness, and measurability,” said Antonius Gagern, Executive Director of the Carbon to Sea Initiative. “As a trusted field builder in this space, we’re bringing together the key players from government, academia, and industry for a responsible path forward.” 

The video includes new footage from the groundbreaking OAE field research taking place in Halifax, Canada and Hvalfjörður, Iceland. This exciting work is the result of collaboration between many of our partners featured in the video – including COVE, [C]Worthy, Dalhousie University, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Planetary Technologies, Röst Marine Research Center, Ulnooweg Development Group, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

“Public-private funding partnerships for marine carbon dioxide removal research are already helping create a vibrant research community,” said Dr. Sarah Cooley, Ocean Acidification Program Director at NOAA. “NOAA has a cooperative research agreement with Carbon to Sea to develop data management practices for marine carbon dioxide removal, and those will be applied across future research efforts. The public-private partnership here will facilitate the development of these guidelines that can be shared across the sector to really support marine carbon dioxide removal research broadly.” 

As AGU is underway, our team is convening with leading climate scientists to discuss OAE and other promising ocean-based climate solutions. We’re inspired by the incredible momentum we’ve seen so far – as reflected in this new video – and look forward to seeing how these conversations drive progress in the ocean-climate space.

“The fact is, we’re going to need a lot of different people from a range of disciplines in order to ask and answer all of these questions,” said Diane Hoskins, Director of Global Policy at Carbon to Sea. “But what we see right now in the field is all of these folks coming together in a way that’s pretty exciting, and exactly what it’s going to take to get to the bottom of this.” 

Watch the full video HERE to learn more about the work of Carbon to Sea and our partners in the growing effort to advance OAE!