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most of the plans to sequester carbon in the ocean make me worry about how that would impact the broader ecosystem. As I understand it, it would change the chem
by tt23523 5y ago
most of the plans to sequester carbon in the ocean make me worry about how that would impact the broader ecosystem. As I understand it, it would change the chemistry of the ocean, which might trade one disaster for another. Not to mention ideally sequestration would last for millennia.
- thechao 5y agoWe’re already sequestering a quarter of the CO2 in the ocean; this will do so in a safer way that mimics the large scale natural process that’d happen over the next few millennia anyways.
- tt23523 5y agowell scaling a natural process will change the chemistry of the ocean. Since the ocean is such a huge component of our planetary system it would be foolish of us to approach it without monitoring and planning for the consequences of this scale of engineering. i've found https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.energy.27.122001.083433 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.energy... to be a pretty good overview.