The "best" IPCC AR6 climate scenario assumes currently nonexistent carbon removal technology and linear growth in said nonexistent carbon removal efficiency as the nonexistent technology "matures"

  • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Can you comment on the impact of the ocean acidification and its negative impact on biological production of CaCO3? Also, any thoughts on ways in which biological functions could be leveraged (or even modified) to speed up the process? (Synthetic biology is a longtime fascination of mine.)

    • opposide [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Seeding the southern sea with iron to induce rapid blooms seems to be the most promising in terms of long term biological storage. Obviously replanting our forests as well but a mature forest is typically carbon neutral rather than carbon negative

      In regards to ocean acidification yeah we are in pretty rough shape but that’s not my area of expertise