An "antacid" to fight climate change
Summary
Marketplace Tech explores ocean alkalinity enhancement, a climate strategy likened to giving the ocean "Tums." Reporter Amy Scott visits North Carolina to observe Vesta’s experiment dumping olivine on the seafloor, which converts CO2 into bicarbonate. Scientists discuss the potential to accelerate natural carbon storage while addressing concerns about scalability and ecological impacts.
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Ocean alkalinity enhancement with olivine
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Scaling ocean carbon removal and potential impacts
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