Planetary Technologies’ win of the Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE Carbon Removal. The company was recently announced as one of 15 $1-million (USD) milestone award winners selected from a global pool of more than 1,100 teams.
The research team behind Planetary Technologies' XPrize victory includes Douglas Wallace, Dalhousie’s Canada Research Chair in Physical Oceanography, who is providing ocean modeling to help Planetary understand how alkaline substances disperse once they are introduced to the water.
Dr. Wallace is a world-renowned ocean chemist who co-wrote the tool that everyone uses to understand ocean carbon and chemistry. Being able to say he is making sure that this is being done properly is necessary for us to proceed. He is also a key part of the research team assembled for Dalhousie’s recently announced Canada First Research Excellence Fund bid, which aims to ensure the ocean is brought into focus in the world’s fight against climate change.
(Edited by Mengqi Pei)
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