UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Seminar 3: Significant potential of seaweed farming in mitigating climate change
As the urgency to draw down atmospheric carbon intensifies, the ocean emerges as a vital frontline in climate action. Among marine solutions, seaweed (macroalgae) stands out as a remarkable ally, a photosynthetic powerhouse capable of growing fast while directly capturing and storing CO₂. Its value, however, extends beyond long-term carbon sequestration in marine ecosystems, seaweed also underpins ...
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UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Seminar 2: Using enhanced Biogeochemical ARGO floats to explore the mechanisms that make up the Biological Carbon Pump
The Biological Carbon Pump (BCP) is a critical process for oceanic carbon sequestration, traditionally attributed to the gravitational settling of organic particles. However, emerging evidence reveals significant contributions from diverse particle injection pumps—both physical (e.g., eddy-subduction, mixed-layer pumping) and biological (e.g., migrant, lipid pumps)—that inject suspended and sinking ...
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UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Seminar 1: Tipping positive change to avoid climate tipping points
Tipping points in climate science normally refer to small changes in the Earth system that unleash much broader, typically damaging impacts that accelerate climate change. Well-known examples are rising sea levels due to disintegration of the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets, or the release of methane from the thawing permafrost. They help to underline the urgency of climate action. Today most ...
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