CO2 solutions: ocean carbon storage options
The modern ocean contains an enormous (38000 GtC) reservoir of carbon in dissolved form.

Recent geological history shows that the oceans have repeatedly absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere during the periodic glacial periods and released it during the warm interglacial periods. This additional capacity for CO2 storage, untapped in the modern, is on the order of 800 GtC, an amount equivalent to that which needs to be sequestered in the coming decades to attain net zero.

In the final talk in the series, Professor Ros Rickaby and Sophie Gill will explore with Professor Myles Allen the various approaches being proposed to store and preserve CO2 in the ocean, many inspired by mechanisms known to function naturally in the past, and assess the challenges and research hurdles for their implementation in the future.

To register and watch this talk live: www.crowdcast.io/e/co2-solutions-ocean

The talk will also be streamed via YouTube here: youtu.be/ymt6CnqNJK8, but please note you will not be able to take part in the interactive Q&A session unless you join the talk on CrowdCast.
Date: 22 March 2021, 13:00
Venue: Online
Speakers: Ros Rickaby (Department of Earth Sciences), Sophie Gill (Department of Earth Sciences), Professor Myles Allen (Environmental Change Institute, University Of Oxford), Roxana Shafiee (Department of Earth Sciences)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Oxford net zero: climate in the balance (Oxford Martin School and Oxford Net Zero Initiative Series)
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/co2-solutions-ocean
Audience: Public
Editors: Clara Bowyer, Hannah Mitchell