Two House Science subcommittees are holding a hearing on the “benefits and risks” of emerging technology designed to accelerate ocean decarbonization.
The hearing follows the Biden administration’s announcement earlier this year that it would pour money into studying the process of “marine carbon dioxide removal.”
That announcement was followed by a commitment in June from the Department of Energy and NOAA to research and develop marine-based carbon removal technologies. Agency leaders said carbon sequestration from the oceans would be critical to helping achieve the goal zeroing of out all carbon emissions by 2050.
Noah Deich, senior adviser with DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, is among those witnesses scheduled to testify, alongside NOAA Chief Scientist Sarah Kapnick.
