Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Environmental Research Letters
Volume
17
Issue
8
Publisher
IOP
School
School of Science / Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research
RAS ID
52720
Funders
Marine Laboratories by the Government of the Principality of Monaco / World Wild Fund (WWF) / Earth Bezos Fund / European Union H2020 (FutureMARES, Contract #869300) / Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Abstract
Sinking vast amounts of seaweed in the deep ocean is currently being proposed as a promising ocean carbon dioxide removal strategy as well as a natural-based solution to mitigate climate change. Still, marketable carbon offsets through large-scale seaweed sinking in the deep ocean lack documentation and could involve unintended environmental and social consequences. Managing the risks requires a number of urgent actions.
DOI
10.1088/1748-9326/ac82ff
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Ricart, A. M., Krause-Jensen, D., Hancke, K., Price, N. N., Masqué, P., & Duarte, C. M. (2022). Sinking seaweed in the deep ocean for carbon neutrality is ahead of science and beyond the ethics. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 081003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac82ff