building san francisco’s
blue economy initiative

building san francisco’s
blue economy initiative

marine CDR

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marine carbon dioxide removal

Positives for mCDR in the Ocean Environment

mCDR focuses on enhancing the ocean’s natural ability to store harmful carbon dioxide. Research suggests that marine carbon dioxide removal can be ‘permanent’ (in that carbon dioxide removed does not return to the atmosphere for centuries…

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why have a marine
CDR vertical?

Widely regarded as one of the most promising avenues for removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, ocean-based approaches to CDR also bring vital co-benefits, including ecosystem restoration, reversal of ocean warming and acidification, and economic boosts to island nations. Marine CDR is at a very early stage, and important scientific questions remain, as does the most critical hurdle–reassuring a concerned public that marine CDR is safe and beneficial.