Taking more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by stashing it in the ocean seems like a good idea, but it could backfire if tiny marine animals called zooplankton get extra hungry.
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Can we engineer oceans to store more carbon dioxide in the fight against climate change? A new bill before parliament seeks to regulate such activity, but holds back on research incentives.
From planting mangroves to dumping minerals in the ocean, there are lots of ideas for ocean carbon dioxide removal – and even more questions.
Sperm whales support ecotourism in Kaikōura and blue whales come to feed off the New Zealand coast – but both may become a rare sight as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor is this week expected to release the government’s first Low Emissions Technology Statement. It’s likely to include ways to remove CO₂ from the air – but do they work?
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Professor of Culture, Risk and the Environment, University of British Columbia
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Guest investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
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Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, University of Cambridge
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Professor - Marine Ecology / Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer, University of Wollongong
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Adjunct Professor, University of New England
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Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA Fellow/Lecuter, IMAS, University of Tasmania
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Research academic, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Professor, School of Material Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
