Episode 12: Four Technologies To Simultaneously Save The Atmosphere, Oceans, & The Earth

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Unified strategies for defeating Ocean Acidification (OA) & CO2 greenhouse gas in the atmosphere with technologies available now.

1. Direct Air (Carbon) Capture DAC from industrial plants and atmosphere
2. Synthetic Photosynthesis quoted at least 22.4% efficiency
3. Cohabitation of calcifying and non-calcifying organisms (photosynthetic rates of seagrass H. wrightii contribute to raise calcifying alga H. cuneata calcification more than two-fold)
4. Carbon Capture Sodium Bicarbonate released into oceans (hypothetically at night to reduce negative effects of biomass respiration on pH values. Because the pH drops at night, this would be a good time to add the sodium bicarbonate. Additional research is needed and most dumping might be safer deeper off shore where it will be less likely to have unintended chemical reactions)

Hidden cost of pH variability in seagrass beds on marine calcifiers under ocean acidification
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969724003048
How Growing Sea Plants Can Help Slow Ocean Acidification
https://e360.yale.edu/features/kelp_seagrass_slow_ocean_acidification_netarts
Shallow Seawater Chemistry May Make Reefs More Resistant to Ocean Acidification
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/shallow-seawater-chemistry-may-make-reefs-more-resistant-to-ocean-acidification
Seagrass can mitigate negative ocean acidification effects on calcifying algae
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35670-3
Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/10/world/carbon-capture-sea-water-climate-intl-scn/index.html
Ocean Acidification Set To Triple by 2100—What This Means for the US Coast
https://www.newsweek.com/ocean-acidification-seaweed-weakened-coastal-ecosystem-1830219
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