Via Slashdot:
news.slashdot.org/story/23/04/23: Another Ocean Climate Solution Attempted by California Researchers (apnews.com)
Interesting that they are called out as
Californian researchers.
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The technology, dubbed SeaChange, developed by the University of California Los Angeles engineering faculty, is meant to seize on the ocean's natural abilities, said Gaurav Sant, director of UCLA's Institute for Carbon Management. The process sends an electrical charge through seawater flowing through tanks on the barge. That then sets off a series of chemical reactions that trap the greenhouse gas into a solid mineral that includes calcium carbonate — the same thing seashells are made of. The seawater is then returned to the ocean and can pull more carbon dioxide out of the air. The calcium carbonate settles to the sea floor.
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Typical narrow-minded thinking. They've forgotten
Wolf Hilbertz, and just let the calcium carbonate sink to the floor, instead of using it to make [much needed] semi-submersible house boats.