Time: The Ocean is the Next Frontier for the Carbon Removal Industry

"Matthew Long, a scientist in the oceanography section of the federally funded National Center for Atmospheric Research, says no one has developed the type of sophisticated computer models that companies would need in order to have a good idea of how much carbon they’re trapping in the ocean. He’s trying to attract about $50 million of philanthropic funding to build one, a task he says no carbon removal startup will be able to do on its own. Speed, he says, is of the essence. 'The requirements for ramping up carbon removal are so dramatically challenging that it’s really an all hands on deck moment for the scientific community.'"

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