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Article Outlines Case for Considering Adding Iron to the Ocean for Carbon Dioxide Removal (By WHOI Press Release, Sept. 9, 2024)
Upcoming Events
- 25-27 March 2025, Ocean Visions Biennial Summit: Advancing Solutions for Ocean-Climate Restoration, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
- 21-25 April 2025, EarthX, Dallas, TX. Full Schedule
Thurs. April 24 11-12 pm local.
Can we sequester gigatons of carbon using natural ocean-based mechanisms? Panel discussion with Paul Morris, Seth John and Carl Page, moderated by John Preston - 26-30 April 2025, Our Ocean, Busan, Korea.
- 26-30 May, 2025, Marine CDR Emerging Views and Challenges, 56 International Liège colloquium on Ocean Dynamics, Liège, Belgium.
- 3-6 June 2025, One Ocean Science Congress - Nice, France.
- 3-6 June 2025, Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Summer Workshop, at **NASA AMES**, Mountain View, CA.
- 9-13 June 2025, UNOC3 - Third United Nations Oceans Conference 2025, Nice, France.
- 8-10 July 2025, 2nd Advancing Marine CDR Summit, Boston, MA. Info Brochure. Early registration by April 4, 2025.
- 20-25 July 2025, Gordon Research Conference: Chemical Oceanography, Manchester, NH. Chaired by ExOIS member Jay Cullen and many ExOIS Participants. Register by June 22 (but do it sooner it will fill!)
Past Events
- 14-17 Jan. 2025, XMAS: 2025 Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China.
- 9-13 Dec. 2024, AGU24 - See our Poster: A New Generation of Iron Enrichment mCDR Field Studies coupled with Social Science and Governance Activities. Presented Dec. 10, 2024, Washington DC.
- 21-22 Nov. 2024 - Video: Geo-Ethics of Geo-Engineering with Ken Buesseler, Romany Webb & Christopher Tucker at the Geography 2050: Cooperation & Conflict in a Changing Climate Meeting, New York, NY.
- 11-22 Nov. 2024, COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan.
- Panel: Ensuring the scientific independence of mCDR research in the shadow of private investment, Nov. 14, 1:30-2:30 pm. Paul Morris, Kilaparti Ramakrishna & others.
- Panel: Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal: an ocean of climate solutions, Nov. 11, 4:30-5:30. Paul Morris, Leonado Valenzuela Pérez and others.
- Roundtable: mCDR ethics, engagement, and equity, Nov. 21, 12-1 pm. Kalina Grabb and others.
- 26 Oct -Nov 1 2024, PICES-2024, Science for Sustainability in 2030. Mark Wells & Fei Chai hosted an ExOIS event for meeting participants, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- A Closer Look at Ocean Iron Fertilization (Webinar) by Sarah Smith in the series Conversations on Ocean Carbon: A U.S. West Coast and Alaska Perspective. Presented Sept. 23, 2-3 pm EST.
- Can the ocean help solve our climate crisis? (Webinar) by Ken Buesseler, CCPO-ICAR Seminar, Old Dominion University. Presented Sept. 23 3:30 pm EST.
- Mon. 19 Aug., 2024, 17:15, Chicago, IL. Michael Hochella at Goldschmidt: A potential nanoscience and technology solution for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal and sequestration on a global scale.
- ExOIS Social Science & Governance kick-off meeting - June 24, 2024 (by invite), follow up information to come
- OCB Summer Workshop - ExOIS displayed a poster (VIEW) and gave a short presentation Wed. June 12, 2024
- ExOIS Fieldwork Planning Workshop
May 28-31, 2024 (by invite) Agenda - UN Ocean Decade Conference (poster PDF)
Barcelona, Spain, April 10-12, 2024 - Ocean Sciences Meeting - Introducing: Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions (poster PDF)
New Orleans, LA Feb. 18-23, 2024 - COP 28 - UN Climate Change Conference - Dubai, UAE
- Marine carbon dioxide removal: an ocean of climate solutions (link to recording), Dec. 11, 2023
- Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal: Science, Governance and Policy for safe and transparent implementation, Dec. 11, 2023
- Carbon Dioxide Removal Law & Policy Conference - Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy
American University, Washington DC, Nov. 9, 2023 - Carbon Removers Summit (by Invite) - Carbon180, Washington, DC, Nov. 1, 2023
- Biodiversity, Ecology, and the Biological Carbon Pump in the Ocean Twilight Zone
A sustainable future in the face of human exploitation and climate change.
Woods Hole MA, Sept. 13-20, 2023 - Ocean Visions Summit - Atlanta GA, April 4-6, 2023
- SXSW - Austin TX, March 10-19, 2023 - Listen to program recordings at the links below:
- Xiamen symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS-6) - Xiamen, China, Jan. 9-12, 2023
Ocean negative carbon emissions and sustainable development (BGC-08) - AGU - Chicago IL (and online) Dec. 12-16, 2022
Numerous related sessions, panels and presentations including:
U23A - Standards to fuel new climate solutions: Establishing and Ethical Framework for climate interventions - Carbon Dioxide Removal as an Ocean Climate Solution: urgently taking a precautionary approach
COP27 Side Event - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 15, 2022 - US Carbon Cycle ScienceProgram Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Academy
October-December 2022 Webinars
mCDR & OIF in the News
Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Leap Forward
By Columbia Climate School January 31, 2022
To draw down carbon and cool off the planet, ocean fertilization gets another look
By Warren Cornwall, Dec. 21, 2021, Science
Panel calls for $2.5 billion in ocean geoengineering research
By Review of Academies Report, Science, Dec. 8 2021
The Complicated Role of Iron in Ocean Health and Climate Change
By Smithsonian Magazine, Jan. 3, 2020
Document Highlights
A Research Strategy for Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Authors: Doney, S.C., Buck, H., Buesseler, K., Iglesias-Rodriguez, M.D., Moran, K., Oschlies, A., Renforth, P., Roman, J., Sant, G.N., Siegel, D.A., Webb, R., White, A. (2021) A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration (pdf). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26278
Guidance for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Projects Report Aspen Institute (in response to the Academies Report) December 7, 2021 https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/ocean-carbon-dioxide-removal/
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#ExOIS is very happy to announce the publication of our Perspective article in @FrontiersIn on what next steps are needed to transparently and ethically advance research and our understanding on the potential of #OIF as a method of #mCDR. @WHOI
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