Carbon to Sea Initiative

Episode 10 of the Plan Sea podcast is now live! This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Ocean Visions Summit in Vancouver, and features a series of conversations with expert attendees, hosted by Anna Madlener and special co-host, Carbon to Sea's Senior Manager of Communications and Policy, Danny Gawlowski. Ocean Visions CEO Brad Ack kicks off the episode to discuss his organization’s role at the nexus between ocean conservation and climate change mitigation. Marc von Keitz, Mariam Swaleh, Lily Schacht, and Meg Chadsey also join to share insights from their work on ocean-based CDR around the world. Listen to the full episode below and stay tuned for Part II of our conversations from the event: https://lnkd.in/eAY3Fi6n

Carbon to Sea is exploring a strategic expansion of sites within our Global OAE Field Research Network, and investing in greater coordination among emerging sites around the world. We’ll be launching a Global Request for Information (RFI) next month to invite researchers and potential research sites to express interest in growing this network. A formal RFP process will follow in September 2025. More information about the RFI will be announced soon via our website. Stay tuned! https://lnkd.in/efHUx-hs

Today we’re announcing a new project that harnesses the power of coordinated global model intercomparison experiments to better understand the efficacy of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE). This project is supported with funding from Carbon to Sea and Google. Researchers will work to understand how inter-model differences lead to simulated uncertainties in the efficacy of OAE, and identify areas where all of the models agree. This will lead to increased confidence in the accuracy of carbon removal estimates from OAE. More information on the fellowship positions and how modeling groups can learn more about participating in the project or hosting one of the research fellows will be announced soon. Read more about the Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Model Intercomparison Project here: https://lnkd.in/ePv_RqFi

Episode 9 of the Plan Sea podcast is now live! Hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns discuss the regulatory landscape for oCDR activities in Canada. Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law’s Sara Seck joins to discuss permitting issues facing the oCDR industry amidst an increase in R&D efforts in Canada. Given the complex landscape for land and water jurisdictions, she offers insights on how oCDR stakeholders can navigate engagement with policymakers and community leaders. @University of Waterloo’s Neil Craik discusses legislation and public funding opportunities that can help support oCDR initiatives in Canada. He also explains current compliance and procurement strategies for carbon credits across both the public and private sectors, and how oCDR can work towards unlocking access to this market in the future. Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/efKx8yBq

Carbon to Sea is looking for an exceptional colleague to support the strategy-development and execution of our Global Policy and Communications Initiative. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled relationship builder and policy strategist with the expertise to effectively establish, grow, and sustain diverse new coalitions of stakeholders for evaluation of ocean-based carbon removal (oCDR). https://lnkd.in/ernM64re

✏️ Deadline extended for Joint Learning Opportunity in Iceland! Carbon to Sea recently announced a Joint Learning Opportunity with Röst Marine Research Center to partner with outside scientists in order to increase the impact of ocean climate research in Hvalfjörður, Iceland. This opportunity builds on two years of research and preparation with Röst, [C]Worthy, and other partners to establish an ocean climate science research center in Iceland. Through this new flexible funding mechanism, we invite diverse stakeholders to join us to advance the scientific, technical, and social understanding of ocean alkalinity enhancement. Learn more and apply before the newly-extended deadline of March 24th here: https://lnkd.in/eYjhDtbk

🔬Check out our first blog post in a new series on monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) in OAE. This blog series — led by Carbon to Sea’s Anna Madlener — will offer up-to-date insights and reflections on MRV as it relates to OAE. We’ll take a deeper dive into the landscape of current approaches, best practices, and emerging trends in MRV across academic and privately-funded research settings. In this first post, we introduce a framework for closed- and open-system models for carbon dioxide removal, implications for MRV, and how real-world prototypes of these models are helping us better understand the potential and limitations for use in OAE research. Read the full blog below and follow along at our website for future posts in this series! https://lnkd.in/emaxVKUW

✏️Apply to join the oCDR standing committee as an expert volunteer! The NASEM Earth & Life Sciences Ocean Studies Board is seeking experts to join a new standing committee dedicated to sharing scientific updates and maintaining a repository of the latest information on ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (oCDR). Carbon to Sea is proud to support the formation of the new committee and is excited to see what new partnerships, community and policymaker engagements, and scientific advancements the standing committee will make possible. The deadline to apply as an expert volunteer is March 18th. Learn more about the standing committee’s goals and apply: https://lnkd.in/e9CBhzA4

Episode 8 of the Plan Sea Podcast is now live! Hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by several guests to discuss new initiatives to improve data management and transparency in the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry. Submarine Scientific’s Jacki Long joins to discuss a new initiative to standardize emerging data from ocean alkalinity enhancement field trials. In collaboration with Carbon to Sea and the NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Submarine’s data protocol is currently open for public comment through March 7th, allowing researchers, partners, and community members to submit feedback. Cascade Climate’s Brad Rochlin and Tannis Thorlakson share insights from the development of a data quarry method that could fill an important gap in existing carbon data quantification methods — and ultimately unlock greater scientific understanding of enhanced rock weathering. Both of these ongoing initiatives aim to help researchers share learnings in real time, improve collaboration, and support data transparency. To learn more about what Submarine Scientific and Cascade Climate are doing to help advance ocean-based CDR, listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/e3APhwAj

Carbon to Sea is excited to announce that we’re partnering with NASEM Earth & Life Sciences Ocean Studies Board to establish a new standing committee on oCDR! To keep pace with advances in the field, the committee will regularly review and issue updates to NASEM’s 2022 oCDR report. This will be a centralized, dynamic, and publicly-accessible hub for the latest, peer-reviewed information on oCDR approaches. This is an exciting step in our work to promote a scientifically rigorous, collaborative, and transparency field as we look to evaluate approaches like OAE as a potential climate solution. We look forward to seeing what new partnerships, community and policymaker engagements, and scientific advancements this committee will make possible. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gNqYzmMZ