Why we need a code of conduct for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal

Jun 29, 2022

Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal can help us achieve 'net negative emissions' as the seas hold 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere. Image: Unsplash/Benjamin L Jones

Ken Buesseler

Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Margaret Leinen

Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Kilaparti Ramakrishna

Senior Advisor to the President and Director on Ocean and Climate Policy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Fei Chai

Professor, Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Hangzhou, China and University of Maine, Orono, ME, US

Sarah Smith

Assistant Scientist, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, US

Mark Wells

Professor, University of Maine, Orono, ME, US

Joo-Eun Yoon

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, Downing College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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