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Storing atmospheric CO2 in oceans as bicarbonate is an important carbon removal pathway that is woefully understudied & underfunded, especially relative for ocean-based carbon removal. River liming is particularly exciting because: (1/x)

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Judy Savitskaya

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Sep 23

We’re announcing $25M in offtake agreements between Frontier members and @CarbonRun!

This is Frontier’s first marine carbon removal offtake. frontierclimate.com/writing/carbon

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Jane Flegal

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Sep 23

a) it’s something we’ve already done to remediate historic pollution (acid rain); b) doing it in acidic rivers not only draws down CO2--remediating the impacts of climate change--it also has *immediate local* benefits;

c) as a result, there’s often strong community support; d) it’s inland, so doesn’t trigger the insane mess of international governance conversations around ocean-based carbon removal (which we *do* have to figure out ASAP if we want to remediate climate at scale).

Today,

in the

features someone I had the pleasure of meeting this year, Donald Rutledge, who showed us where the fish have returned since river liming operations began in Sheet Harbour. nytimes.com/2024/09/23/cli

Ocean-based carbon removal has the potential to remediate the global acid-base balance we have totally screwed up. Support for permanent carbon removal has been deeply insufficient and too narrowly focused on one technology (direct air capture). We need much more enabling policy.

Jane Flegal

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Sep 23

Perhaps counterintuitively, offtakes (demand-pull/purchases) are a great tool for responsible innovation: buyers define what delivery looks like, and can embed guardrails on everything from ecosystem governance to community benefits to ensure that projects are done well.

We're thrilled about

for a million reasons, and are so excited about today's announcement!

*especially relative to the potential of ocean-based removal

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It’s not clear to me why one would add already-sequestered CO2 (in the form of calcite (CaCO3) to fresh water and call that conversion to HCO3= as a net atmospheric reduction. Makes no sense.

You may already be aware that the Sabin Institute at Columbia U is doing a lot of good work on ocean sequestration. I just heard about it during a visit last week.

I love this. It’s one of the reasons to fight for great solutions to climate change. Check out

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Any estimate of the weight required to neutralize current Carbonic acids in the oceans? And the sude effects? Just asking

River liming is a clever way to enhance nature's own carbon sink. I'm excited to see the impact of this method, especially in coastal areas where the benefits can be twofold - restoring damaged ecosystems while sequestering CO2.

Very exciting! Dr. F., do you buy their claim that 10-15% of anthropogenic emissions reductions is technically possible & reasonably economic, and that it would entail local ecology/economic benefits at those scales? Cuz, obvs, that would be absolutely fucking huge

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