Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation
Research over the past decade has resulted in various methods for removing CO2 from the atmosphere using seawater and electrochemically generated acids and bases. This Perspective aims to present a unified framework for comparing these approaches. Specifically, these methods can all be seen as falli...
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| description | Research over the past decade has resulted in various methods for removing CO2 from the atmosphere using seawater and electrochemically generated acids and bases. This Perspective aims to present a unified framework for comparing these approaches. Specifically, these methods can all be seen as falling into one of two categories: those that result in a net increase in ocean alkalinity and use the “ocean as a sponge” for atmospheric CO2 (ocean alkalinity enhancement, or OAE) and those that cycle ocean alkalinity and use the “ocean as a pump” for atmospheric CO2 (ocean alkalinity cycling, or OAC). In this Perspective, approaches for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) using electrochemistry are compared using this framework, and the similarities and differences of these two categories are explored. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1704378c79ce4d938ea60843042db8092024-04-12T04:24:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532024-04-01610.3389/fclim.2024.13496041349604Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generationMatthew D. Eisaman0Matthew D. Eisaman1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesYale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesResearch over the past decade has resulted in various methods for removing CO2 from the atmosphere using seawater and electrochemically generated acids and bases. This Perspective aims to present a unified framework for comparing these approaches. Specifically, these methods can all be seen as falling into one of two categories: those that result in a net increase in ocean alkalinity and use the “ocean as a sponge” for atmospheric CO2 (ocean alkalinity enhancement, or OAE) and those that cycle ocean alkalinity and use the “ocean as a pump” for atmospheric CO2 (ocean alkalinity cycling, or OAC). In this Perspective, approaches for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) using electrochemistry are compared using this framework, and the similarities and differences of these two categories are explored.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1349604/fullcarbon dioxide removalnegative emissions technologiesmarine carbon dioxide removalocean carbon dioxide removalocean alkalinity enhancementindirect ocean capture |
| spellingShingle | Matthew D. Eisaman Matthew D. Eisaman Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation Frontiers in Climate carbon dioxide removal negative emissions technologies marine carbon dioxide removal ocean carbon dioxide removal ocean alkalinity enhancement indirect ocean capture |
| title | Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation |
| title_full | Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation |
| title_fullStr | Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation |
| title_short | Pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid-base generation |
| title_sort | pathways for marine carbon dioxide removal using electrochemical acid base generation |
| topic | carbon dioxide removal negative emissions technologies marine carbon dioxide removal ocean carbon dioxide removal ocean alkalinity enhancement indirect ocean capture |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1349604/full |
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