Ocean alkalinity, buffering and biogeochemical processes

JJ Middelburg, K Soetaert, M Hagens - Reviews of Geophysics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alkalinity, the excess of proton acceptors over donors, plays a major role in ocean chemistry,
in buffering and in calcium carbonate precipitation and dissolution. Understanding alkalinity …

Carbon sequestration via shellfish farming: A potential negative emissions technology

JC Feng, L Sun, J Yan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Negative emission technologies driven by nature with less energy input, lower costs, and
long carbon storage capacities are essential for meeting ambitious global carbon mitigation …

[HTML][HTML] PyCO2SYS v1. 8: Marine carbonate system calculations in Python

MP Humphreys, ER Lewis, JD Sharp… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
Oceanic dissolved inorganic carbon (TC) is the largest pool of carbon that substantially
interacts with the atmosphere on human timescales. Oceanic TC is increasing through …

Map** the global variation in the efficiency of ocean alkalinity enhancement for carbon dioxide removal

M Zhou, MD Tyka, DT Ho, E Yankovsky… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
To limit global warming to below 2° C by 2100, CO2 removal from the atmosphere will be
necessary. One promising method for achieving CO2 removal at scale is ocean alkalinity …

Seaweed farming environments do not always function as CO2 sink under synergistic influence of macroalgae and microorganisms

T **ong, H Li, Y Hu, W Zhai, Z Zhang, Y Liu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seaweed farming contributes substantial amounts of organic carbon to the ocean, part of
which can be locked for a long term in the ocean and perform the function of ocean carbon …

Legacy effects of late macroalgal blooms on dissolved inorganic carbon pool through alkalinity enhancement in coastal ocean

T **ong, H Li, Y Yue, Y Hu, W Zhai, L Xue… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Taking the world's largest green tide caused by the macroalga Ulva prolifera in the South
Yellow Sea as a natural case, it is studied here if macroalgae can perform inorganic carbon …

Cracking the myth: Bivalve farming is not a CO2 sink

F Pernet, S Dupont, JP Gattuso, M Metian… - Reviews in …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Bivalve farming was usually considered as a CO2 source through respiration and
calcification, but recent studies suggest its potential as a CO2 sink, prompting exploration of …

Carbon removal, sequestration and release by mariculture in an important aquaculture area, China

W Li, X Li, C Song, G Gao - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
To combat with climate change, most countries have set carbon neutrality target. However,
our understanding on carbon removal, release and sequestration by mariculture remains …

The carbon-capture efficiency of natural water alkalinization: implications for enhanced weathering

MB Bertagni, A Porporato - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhanced weathering (EW) is a promising negative-emission technology that artificially
accelerates the dissolution of natural minerals, promotes biomass growth, and alleviates the …

Seawater carbonate chemistry considerations for ocean alkalinity enhancement research: theory, measurements, and calculations

KG Schulz, LT Bach, AG Dickson - State Planet: SP, 2023 - oceanrep.geomar.de
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a proposed marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)
approach that has the potential for large-scale uptake of significant amounts of atmospheric …