Sinking seaweed in the deep ocean for carbon neutrality is ahead of science and beyond the ethics

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sinking seaweed in the deep ocean for carbon neutrality is ahead of science and beyond the ethics

AU - M. Ricart, Aurora

AU - Krause-Jensen, Dorte

AU - Hancke, Kasper

AU - Price, Nichole N.

AU - Masque, Pere

AU - M. Duarte, Carlos

PY - 2022/8

Y1 - 2022/8

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - aquaculture

KW - carbon sequestration

KW - carbon sink

KW - governance

KW - seaweed

KW - sustainability

KW - unintended consequences

U2 - 10.1088/1748-9326/ac82ff

DO - 10.1088/1748-9326/ac82ff

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1748-9326

VL - 17

JO - Environmental Research Letters

JF - Environmental Research Letters

IS - 8

M1 - 081003

ER -