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We are developing open-source modeling tools, datasets, and digital workflows for responsible ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Our work helps researchers, regulators, communities, and project developers understand where ocean CDR may work, what risks it carries, how much carbon it may remove, and how outcomes can be monitored and verified. By transforming advanced ocean science into open and shared digital infrastructure, [C]Worthy supports better decisions about ocean carbon removal.
Tools for a complex ocean
WHY MODELS MATTER
Models are a key component of how we understand, manage, and safeguard the ocean
High-stakes decisions about ocean systems ultimately depend on models to fill in what direct measurement cannot resolve.
Common tools for supporting decisions
Today's best ocean models are scientifically powerful, incredibly complex, and difficult to share. Common modeling and dataset infrastructure allows the field of ocean CDR to advance with greater coordination and confidence.
Uneven access, unequal governance
Access to model tools is deeply uneven. Developing countries often lack the infrastructure to evaluate risks and opportunities in their own waters. Open-access tools are the foundation for governance that belongs to everyone.
Meeting a critical moment
For ocean-based CDR, standards set today will shape research, governance, and carbon certification for decades. We need to take steps now to ensure that ocean CDR can advance based on the use of open, shared, and best-in-class scientific models and datasets.
We build shared scientific infrastructure
OUR APPROACH
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Open-Source Tools
We are building C-Star, an open-source platform that makes high-fidelity ocean modeling more standardized, accessible, and easy to develop and deploy. Versioning, controlled inputs, automation, shared utilities, and continuous improvements to the model support better research collaborations, and more trust in model outputs.
Standard Datasets
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We publish open datasets and interactive tools that map ocean-based carbon dioxide removal efficacy. Common datasets make results comparable across sites and studies, building the shared evidentiary foundation that carbon certification standards, regulators, and researchers can build on.
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Research & Community
We help drive the field's progress through collaborative research partnerships, policy and community engagement, and scientific leadership. We build lasting capacity through training programs, workshops, and convenings to create community worldwide.
Learn more
Hear from our founders on why ocean modeling infrastructure is critical for managing the decisions of the next decade.
News
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