Effort to support research on the viability of OIF as a climate solution  ATLANTA, Georgia, April 10, 2024 — Ocean Visions and Esri have collaborated to create a first-of-its-kind Ocean Iron Fertilization Site Suitability Planning Tool. The tool will support the design and siting of locations for field trials designed to help evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Ocean Iron Fertilization (OIF) as a possible method to draw down and safely store atmospheric carbon dioxide.  After nearly 30 years of scientific investigation, including both field trials and modeling studies, esti ..read more

Ocean Visions CEO Brad Ack As we look ahead to a new year, I’m inspired by the growing ocean-climate solutions community that Ocean Visions has been proud to help nurture. Some of you may remember when Ocean Visions first launched in 2019. Propelled by visionary founders and a network of leading academic and oceanographic institutions, Ocean Visions was born with the purpose to create new solutions to the most pressing ocean problems by galvanizing multisector collaborations to help invent, shape, and test innovations to repair and restore the ocean—improving the wellbeing of humanity and n ..read more

David Koweek, PhD Chief Scientist, Ocean Visions Brad Ack CEO, Ocean Visions Momentum around carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has grown tremendously in recent years, sparked by scientific consensus that removing legacy carbon pollution is now critical for achieving global climate targets. Given the vast scale of the ocean and its carbon cycling capacity, marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) has generated a growing interest. While our understanding of mCDR pathways has increased, and a number of small-scale trials are underway, legitimate uncertainties remain about ecological and social ..read more

Effort to improve understanding of the potential of restoring blue carbon as a carbon dioxide removal strategy ATLANTA, Georgia, December 1, 2023 — Ocean Visions today released the latest in a series of road maps designed to accelerate research and development of potential ocean-based solutions to the climate crisis. The new road map on restoring blue carbon captures the state of various approaches, knowledge gaps, and a set of priorities to improve our understanding of the restoration of blue carbon as a carbon dioxide removal strategy. Blue carbon refers to the ongoing carbon captu ..read more

ATLANTA, Georgia, November 6, 2023 — A group of the world’s leading ocean scientific, philanthropic, and other stakeholder organizations, including Ocean Visions, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, have come together to highlight the global ocean at the upcoming 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 30 – Dec. 12, 2023. The conference is expected to host over 70,000 delegates, including heads of state and world leaders, to build consensus and facilitat ..read more

ATLANTA, Georgia, October 27, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday $36 million for 11 projects across 8 states to accelerate the development of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) capture and storage technologies. Funded through DOE’s Sensing Exports of Anthropogenic Carbon through Ocean Observation (SEA-CO2) program, these projects will support novel efforts to measure, report, and validate mCDR, and identify cost-effective and energy efficient carbon removal solutions. The effort is critical to advancing the industry and supporting President Biden’s clean energ ..read more

A Comprehensive Program to “Prove or Disprove” Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies by 2030 David Koweek, PhD Chief Scientist, Ocean Visions Brad Ack CEO, Ocean Visions Momentum around carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has grown tremendously in recent years, sparked by scientific consensus that removing legacy carbon pollution is now critical for achieving global climate targets. Given the vast scale of the ocean and its carbon cycling capacity, marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) has generated a growing interest. While our understanding of mCDR pathways has increased, and a nu ..read more

ATLANTA, Georgia, October 9, 2023 — The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has announced a new Fast-Track Action Committee on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal to evaluate merits and concerns about different types of marine carbon dioxide removal and shape relevant policy and research on safe and effective marine CO2 removal and carbon sequestration. The committee fulfills one of the recommendations of the U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan (OCAP) released earlier this year. Among other actions, the OCAP calls for a substantial ramp up in federal research and development on ..read more

ATLANTA, Georgia, September 11, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA announced last week $24 million for projects that will expand the government’s potential tools to confront the climate crisis by researching ocean-based carbon dioxide removal strategies, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. $14 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest climate investment in history, will go toward 10 projects that examine the efficacy and safety of ocean-based carbon removal strategies like enhancing ocean alkalinity or seaweed-based sequestration. A ..read more

Prominent scientists from around the world join the call for marine research, including James Hansen, Sir David King, Margaret Leinen, Sware Semesi, and Ken Caldeira ATLANTA, Georgia, September 5, 2023 — Today, more than 200 internationally renowned scientists published an open letter endorsing the need to prioritize and accelerate ocean-based carbon dioxide removal research and development. The letter highlights the need to evaluate the potential role of the oceans in carbon dioxide removal and emphasizes the urgency of better understanding the risks and benefits. Signed by prominent sci ..read more