{"653715":{"#nid":"653715","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Is \u2018hacking\u2019 the ocean a climate change solution? U.S. experts endorse research on carbon-removal strategies.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s not clear if the tactics would meaningfully slow global warming, but a 300-page report\u0026nbsp;from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, argues that the U.S.\u0026nbsp;should at least investigate whether ocean-based carbon-removal strategies are worthwhile. With the effects of\u0026nbsp;climate change\u0026nbsp;rising, there may come a time when averting catastrophic warming depends on sucking up carbon dioxide that has already been unleashed. \u0026quot;\u0026ldquo;This is the kind of deep dive we need,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power chair and ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. (Cobb\u0026nbsp;was not involved in the report.)\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;It helps us to understand the potential benefits and downside risks and all the warts that you don\u0026rsquo;t get in the battles that are waged on op-ed pages.\u0026rdquo; (This report is also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2021\/12\/12\/geoengineering-first-it-was-about-messing-with-the-atmosphere-now-its-about-hacking-the-ocean\/\u0022\u003ECleanTechnica\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-12-15 18:13:42","changed_gmt":"2021-12-15 18:13:42","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2021\/12\/08\/climate-change-ocean-carbon-storage\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-12-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-12-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"180698","name":"National Academies of Sciences"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"189530","name":"and Medicine"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"189531","name":"ocean-based carbon removal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}