Deep-ocean seaweed dumping for carbon sequestration: Questionable, risky, and not the best use of valuable biomassFaculty of Biosciences & Aquaculture, Nord University, Postboks 1490, Bodoe 8049, Norway, Postboks 1490.
Turquoise Revolution Inc., Quispamsis, New Brunswick E2E 1W4, Canada; Magellan Aqua Farms Inc., 130 King Street, St. Stephen, New Brunswick E3L 2C8, Canada, 130 King Street, St. Stephen.
Centro i-mar & CeBiB Nucleo Milenio MASH, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt 1080000, Chile.
Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 600 E. Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA, 600 E. Greenfield Avenue.
Red Sea Research Center and Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Blue Technology Group, Cawthron Institute, 98 Halifax St., Nelson 7010, New Zealand, 98 Halifax St..
Research Institute ECOAQUA, Scientific & Technological Marine Park, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Crta. Taliarte s/n, 35214 Telde, Spain, Crta. Taliarte s/n.
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Kudalsveien 6, Bodoe 8927, Norway, Kudalsveien 6.
Faculty of Biosciences & Aquaculture, Nord University, Postboks 1490, Bodoe 8049, Norway, Postboks 1490.
Ocean's Balance, 10 West Point Ln. #105, Biddeford, ME 04005, USA, 10 West Point Ln. #105.
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #24.
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Laboratorievagen 10, 452 96 Strömstad, Sweden, Strömstad.
Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Dr., East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA, 60 Bigelow Dr..
Swedish Mariculture Research Centre (SWEMARC) and Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 463, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, P.O. Box 463, Göteborg.
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #24; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 1 University Place, Stamford, CT 06901-2315, USA.
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2024 (English)In: One Earth, ISSN 2590-3330, E-ISSN 2590-3322, Vol. 7, no 3, p. 359-364Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Deep-ocean seaweed dumping is not an ecological, economical, or ethical answer to climate-change mitigation via carbon “sequestration.” Without sound science and sufficient knowledge on impacts to these fragile ecosystems, it distracts from more rational and effective blue-carbon interventions. We call for a moratorium on sinking seaweeds to deep-ocean ecosystems until its efficacy is established, and there is robust, evidence-based assessment of its environmental, economic, and societal sustainability.
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Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 7, no 3, p. 359-364
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Ecology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-344545DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.013ISI: 001296135000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85187566995OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-344545DiVA, id: diva2:1845933
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QC 20240321
2024-03-202024-03-202024-09-12Bibliographically approved