High participation of CDRmare researchers in the World Ocean Review

Today, the English translation of the eighth World Ocean Review (WOR No. 8) “The ocean – a climate champion? How to boost marine carbon dioxide uptake” has been published. The WOR explains the ocean’s role in the Earth’s carbon cycle and presents the benefits, risks and knowledge gaps of the main ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies.

With their expertise, significant contributions to the preparation of this WOR were made by scientists from CDRmare, including Christian Baatz, Miranda Böttcher, David Keller, Oliver Geden, Achim Kopf, Christine Merk, Andreas Oschlies, Alexander Proelß, Gregor Rehder, Wilfrid Rickels, Ulf Riebesell, Michael Sswat, Lukas Tank, Klaus Wallmann, Lennart Westmark, Mirco Wölfelschneider and Martin Zimmer.

Background knowledge on mCDR methods and guiding principles for research and implementation

The report explains the urgency of effective climate action and explains how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) and stores it for a long time. It describes the CO2 uptake potential of terrestrial vegetation, discusses why the ocean has become a focus for climate action and then explains promising marine CO2 removal and storage techniques, ranging from the restoration and expansion of biodiverse coastal ecosystems to interventions in marine chemistry (alkalinity enhancement) and CO2 storage in the deep ocean subsurface. Furthermore, the report discusses important guiding principles and rules that the scientific community believes must be established should society one day decide to use marine CDR processes.

The WOR is published every two years in German and English and is read worldwide by interested parties from politics, business and civil society. It provides up-to-date background knowledge on relevant marine issues and is aimed at anyone who wants to have a say in marine protection and use. WOR’s partners are mare (Zeitschrift der Meere), KDM (Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung), IOI (International Ocean Institute) and Future Ocean (science network).

Available from today, the new WOR can be ordered or downloaded free of charge now also in English from https://worldoceanreview.com/en/wor-8/.