Damon Britton
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Damon Britton
@damonbritton.bsky.social
Marine Biologist // Researching effects of climate change and marine carbon dioxide removal // Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania // appliedbgc.imas.utas.edu.au
Have a look at our new paper in Limnology and Oceanography where we found that the abundant kelp in Australia is unlikely to be affected by moderate levels of ocean alkalinity enhancement. @bachlennart.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/lno....
Moderate ocean alkalinity enhancement likely to have minimal effects on a habitat‐forming kelp across multiple life stages
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a widely considered marine CO2 removal method. Ocean alkalinity enhancement works by converting seawater CO2 into HCO3−$$ {\mathrm{HCO}}_3^{-} $$ and CO32−$$ {\m...
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March 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM