Subtidal is pioneering the first comprehensive monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) solution for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) projects to measure and validate their carbon dioxide drawdown.
With its Ocean Carbon Flux Grid, Subtidal aims to deliver continuous, autonomous, and accurate measurements of volumetric carbon flux (or “carbon drawdown”), furnishing mCDR innovators with real-time monitoring and verification of ocean carbon removals.
This technology offers the first off-the-shelf solution for mCDR developers to monitor and validate their carbon removals accurately and in real-time. This is made possible via a combination of low-cost, high-frequency scientific grade sensor solution, a three-dimensional sensing grid installed around a project, and cloud-based carbon flux analytics frameworks.
The main technical challenge faced is the scientific validation of Subtidal’s Ocean Carbon Flux Grid sensor platform and associated volumetric carbon flux analysis and measurement. This technology is an advancement beyond current gold standard measurement solutions, which poses a challenge for validation. Also needed is support related to mechanical engineering, sensor integration, and integration with mCDR modeling efforts.
Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Associate Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography
Yui is a Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Yui received his PhD in Oceanography from the University of California, San Diego. Yui’s main research interests are to develop and apply autonomous sensing technology to observe marine biogeochemical cycles in situ. Most recently, Yui was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, at Stanford. Yui has received several honors, including the Excellence in Partnership Award from the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), the University of California San Diego Directors Fellowship, and the undergraduate academic honor cum laude.
Jaime is an associate professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, where she studies ocean circulation, biogeochemistry and climate. Her research has used an array of tools, including observations collected by traditional research vessels, robotic sailboats, moored instruments, and satellites. Her years of studying the ocean uptake and transport of carbon provided the foundational expertise to evaluate approaches to mCDR.