Can we trick the ocean into swallowing more CO2?

Marine environments are effective at capturing carbon and storing it for thousands of years. But what if we could engineer them to capture even more? Can they take on this burden?

Credits
Reporter: Emily Leshner
Video Editor: Markus Mörtz
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann & Kiyo Dörrer

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What can we do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Read more:
Cloud spraying and hurricane slaying: how ocean geoengineering became the frontier of the climate crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

The science behind Vesta Research: https://www.vesta.earth/science

Could the ocean hold the key to reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/us...

The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...

Blue Carbon – Integrating Ocean Ecosystems in Global Climate Action: https://www.conservation.org/docs/def...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro: Lungs of our planet
00:42 What is blue carbon?
02:44 Restoring coastal ecosystems
03:50 Engineering the ocean with a flow reactor
05:42 Enhanced weathering with olivine dumping
08:23 Conclusion: Which approach is best?