Sucking up CO2Kelp-farming carbon-sinking robots.
Big Picture
Oceans represent two-thirds of the Earth’s surface and are the main theater of war for climate change, even more than forests. From acidification to pollution to temperature rise, human activity has altered the ocean’s chemistry in ways that may not be undone even if we slash CO2 emissions from land-based sources. Reversing these impacts at scale requires technology that accelerates the ocean’s rejuvenation.
How It Works
We’ve been burning carbon from coal and oil into the atmosphere and oceans for decades. Running Tide reverses the cycle by sinking terrestrial biomass, growing kelp in the open ocean, and farming shellfish. Kelp “seeds” are grown on compressed wood-and-limestone buoys and released in the open ocean where they ultimately sink into the depths, storing away the embodied carbon for centuries.
Unfair Advantage
By automating kelp and shellfish farming, Running Tide produces highly scalable and low-cost carbon removal as well as a nutritious, premium, and carbon-negative protein source as cheap as chicken nuggets. Neither kelp nor shellfish farming compete for land or coastal space and the unavoidable by-products of both are the restoration of marine habitats and large-scale carbon removal.
37
Thousand gigatons
of CO2 stored in deep ocean reservoirs
MARTY ODLIN CEO & FOUNDER
Marty studied robotics at Dartmouth, managed a fleet of five fishing boats, and his family has been in the offshore fishing business for generations.
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