Category: ocean visions

Ocean Visions Selects Innovators for Second Cohort of Launchpad Program

Companies to receive expert support in optimizing marine carbon dioxide removal methods that may help address the climate crisis

Ocean Visions Creates Road Map to Advance Research for the Restoration of Blue Carbon

Effort to improve understanding of the potential of restoring blue carbon as a carbon dioxide removal strategy

Ocean Pavilion Returns to the UN Climate Conference with Call for Ocean Science to Lead Climate Solutions

Ocean Visions to lead and contribute to dialogues that directly address the causes and impacts of climate disruption.

Statement: U.S. Department of Energy Announces $36 Million to Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques and Slash Harmful Greenhouse Gas Pollution

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $36 million for 11 projects across 8 states to accelerate the development of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) capture and storage technologies.

Statement: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Fast-Track Action Committee on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has announced a new Fast-Track Action Committee on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal to evaluate merits and concerns about different types of marine carbon dioxide removal and shape relevant policy and research on safe and effective marine CO₂ removal and carbon sequestration.

Statement: Department of Commerce, NOAA, and Biden-Harris Administration Invest in Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Research

The U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA have announced $24 million for projects that will expand the government’s potential tools to confront the climate crisis by researching ocean-based carbon dioxide removal strategies, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

More Than 200 Scientists Call for Accelerated and Expanded Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Research

More than 200 prominent scientists from around the world released an open letter calling for accelerated and expanded ocean-based carbon dioxide removal research to confront the ocean and climate crises

Statement: U.S. Department of Energy Initiatives to Scale Carbon Removal

Ocean Visions releases statement on U.S. Department on Energy Initiatives to Scale Carbon Removal

Statement: White House Ocean Climate Action Plan

Ocean Visions releases statement on President Biden’s new Ocean Climate Action Plan, which outlines three goals that mobilize the Federal Government and civil society to take effective and innovative ocean climate action.

Road Map to Advance Research and Development for Microalgae-Based Carbon Sequestration

Ocean Visions has released the latest in a series of digital road maps designed to accelerate responsible research and development for ocean-based solutions to the climate crisis. Representing the sixth in a growing series, the new road map on microalgae cultivation is intended to catalyze action around the most critical needs to safely advance the field.