21st Century Alchemy: Capturing Carbon from the Ocean

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    This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing the challenges of excess carbon dioxide in the air and some of the engineered solutions now being employed to sequester carbon from the ocean and transform it into a solid.

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The "BLUEprint Series: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization" outlines a new and sustainable path forward, with the ocean leading the way. 

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Resource from this episode
- DROSS
   \ ˈdräs , ˈdrȯs \
   1. metallurgy : the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
   2. waste or foreign matter
   3. something that is base

UCLA Newsroom: Could the Ocean hold the key to reducing carbon dioxide in the
    atmosphere, January 12, 2021
    newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/using-seawater-to-reduce-co2-in-atmosphere

Aly Hirschag, Hakai Magazine, "Petrifying Climate Change", June 3, 2021,
    hakaimagazine.com/news/petrifying-climate-change

Planetary Hydrogen Halifax N.S. CANADA
    planetaryhydrogen.com