[HTML][HTML] Carbon removal and climate change mitigation by seaweed farming: A state of knowledge review

A Pessarrodona, J Howard, E Pidgeon… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The pressing need to mitigate the effects of climate change is driving the development of
novel approaches for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere, with the ocean …

Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks

K Filbee-Dexter, A Pessarrodona, MF Pedersen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for
interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while …

[HTML][HTML] Blue carbon pathways for climate mitigation: Known, emerging and unlikely

J Howard, AE Sutton-Grier, LS Smart, CC Lopes… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
As interest in natural climate mitigation solutions continues to grow, there is an essential role
for coastal and ocean ecosystems (“blue carbon”) to play. To meet mitigation targets …

“Pink power”—the importance of coralline algal beds in the oceanic carbon cycle

N Schubert, F Tuya, V Peña, PA Horta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Current evidence suggests that macroalgal-dominated habitats are important contributors to
the oceanic carbon cycle, though the role of those formed by calcifiers remains controversial …

Enhancing human health and wellbeing through sustainably and equitably unlocking a healthy ocean's potential

LE Fleming, PJ Landrigan, OS Ashford… - Annals of Global …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A healthy ocean is essential for human health, and yet the links between the ocean and
human health are often overlooked. By providing new medicines, technologies, energy …

Air‐sea carbon dioxide equilibrium: Will it be possible to use seaweeds for carbon removal offsets?

CL Hurd, JP Gattuso, PW Boyd - Journal of Phycology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To limit global warming below 2° C by 2100, we must drastically reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and additionally remove~ 100–900 Gt CO2 from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide …

Marine protected areas can be useful but are not a silver bullet for kelp conservation

K Filbee‐Dexter, S Starko, A Pessarrodona… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, but they are increasingly
being degraded and lost due to a range of human‐related stressors, leading to recent calls …

Kelp forest diversity under projected end‐of‐century climate change

J Assis, E Fragkopoulou, L Gouvêa… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Future climate change threatens marine forests across the world, potentially disrupting
ecosystem function and services. Nonetheless, the direction and intensity of climate …

Deep-living and diverse Antarctic seaweeds as potentially important contributors to global carbon fixation

LW Tait, C Chin, W Nelson, S George… - … earth & environment, 2024 - nature.com
Global models predict that Antarctica has little suitable habitat for macroalgae and that
Antarctic macroalgae therefore make a negligible contribution to global carbon fixation …

Innovating dye-sensitized solar cells through novel microalgal and cyanobacterial species extricated dyes: A sustainable tack for material scarce earth

R Chauhan, A Srivastava, PM Shirage, K Bala - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the integration of novel microalgae and cyanobacteria-based photo
harvesters into natural dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). These embedded pigments …