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I heard about this[1] recently, essentially spurring a massive plankton bloom to capture carbon where it ends up on the sea floor and becomes future oil deposit
by parineum 10mo ago
I heard about this[1] recently, essentially spurring a massive plankton bloom to capture carbon where it ends up on the sea floor and becomes future oil deposits in a few millenia.
The nice thing about it is that it doesn't require global cooperation.
[1]https://www.onepercentbrighter.com/p/the-no-bullshit-way-to-repair-the https://www.onepercentbrighter.com/p/the-no-bullshit-way-to-...
Edit: I should probably link where I heard about it to give credit to someone who deserves it
https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/p/the-climate-change-solution-so-crazy https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/p/the-climat...
- tmnvix 10mo agoI was under the impression that there have been multiple large extinction events in the past caused by excessive anaerobic decomposition underwater that led to the oceans becoming swamps and giving off nasty toxic gasses.
- parineum 9mo agoThese plankton blooms happen naturally and are part of the biosphere already. There's a whole food chain that the guy breaks down in the podcast. He was saying that this is usually kicked off by whale poop I think but because of the low numbers of whales, it happens way less now.