The ocean already holds trillions of tonnes of carbon dioxide, and Vycarb, led by a scientist who swapped academia for entrepreneurship, wants to leverage that storage for industrial applications.
Blue carbon is a complex subject and is notoriously hard to monetise, yet two recent gatherings suggest that there is no shortage of talent emerging in the sector - talent that can be divided into two distinct, but complementary, fields.
Kelp is one of the fastest growing organisms on the planet; some species can grow up to two feet per day. The business of farming it in North America has the potential to grow at an equivalently staggering rate. In fact, in Maine it already has.
Isaac Berzin, founder and CTO of Vaxa Technologies, explains how an innovative microalgae farming technique could make his vision for carbon neutral farmed salmon a reality.
Japan and China might be among the leading nations in terms of developing blue carbon markets, but there are still many unknowns and uncertainties in this space - something a forthcoming innovation studio aims to help solve.
How shrimp farmers can gain tangible benefits from reducing their carbon footprints is one of the key themes at the climate session of this year’s Global Shrimp Forum.
The seaweed sector could dramatically reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies if – like the space sector – it did more of the work from the comfort and safety of shore bases, according to Joyeeta Das, CEO of Samudra Oceans.
