Role of the ocean in climate stabilization
Celina M. Scott-Buechler and Charles H. Greene, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Abstract
The ocean has absorbed over 90% of the heat from recent anthropogenic greenhouse warming. This chapter reviews a variety of ocean-related methods for slowing down and eventually halting this warming. “Blue carbon” reservoirs store more carbon than terrestrial equivalents, although are still limited compared with global negative emissions needs. Oceanic carbon uptake could be augmented via iron fertilization, although this method presents challenges. Algal-based biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (ABECCS) offers opportunities for carbon-neutral ...
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