Restore Phytoplankton. Reverse Climate Change.
Problem
In the year...
1850
In the year...
2021
accelerate phytoplankton growth
Autonomous Upwelling Pumps
Our solution autonomously upwells cold nutrient-rich seawater from five-hundred meters deep powered by renewable wave energy. These nutrients help grow phytoplankton, which absorb CO2.
Phytoplankton double in mass every twenty-four hours resulting in blooms so vast they’re visible from space!
When phytoplankton die, they sink to the depths of the ocean, taking the CO2 with them.
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Wave-Powered Water Pumps Could Become a New Source of Clean Energy
Popular Mechanics
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Industry Leaders
Lovelock urges ocean climate fix
BBC News
Using motion of the ocean to bring fresh water to coastal communities
Science Daily
ATMOCEAN TO DISCUSS WAVE-ENERGY OCEAN PUMPS AT COPENHAGEN CLIMATE MEETING
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
No, you can’t just nuke a hurricane. But there are other options.
Vox
Using Wave Power to Desalinate Seawater
Machine Design
The tech that will power the 22nd century
Tech Radar
Atmocean and The Potential of Wave Energy – Part 2
Marine Technology
Hurricane Forcing: Can Tropical Cyclones Be Stopped?
Scientific American
ATMOCEAN TO DISCUSS WAVE-ENERGY OCEAN PUMPS AT COPENHAGEN CLIMATE MEETING
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
No, you can’t just nuke a hurricane. But there are other options.
Vox
Using Wave Power to Desalinate Seawater
Machine Design
The tech that will power the 22nd century
Tech Radar
Atmocean and The Potential of Wave Energy – Part 2
Marine Technology
Hurricane Forcing: Can Tropical Cyclones Be Stopped?
Scientific American
What we do
Carbon Dioxide Removal
One artificial upwelling pump can remove 257 tons of CO2 per year powered entirely on ocean waves!
Precise Measurements
We measure removed CO2 with biogeochemical Argo floats in partnership with Woods Hole Group.
Natural Biological Process
Cold nutrient-rich deep seawater (dissolved iron) replenishes the upper sunlit nutrient-depleted water, triggering photosynthesis and growing phytoplankton.