Blue Carbon to Fight Climate Change

Climate change is an active and harsh reality. Sea levels are rising, weather patterns are changing, agriculture is suffering, food supply is at risk, ecosystems are being hurled into imbalance—if we do not act now, our home will be unable to host us. The good news? Our fate is not sealed. A solution exists. The key? Blue carbon.

Human disruption of the carbon cycle, and the subsequent excess of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, is the main cause of climate change. It is no longer enough to reduce our collective carbon footprint and slow the production of gaseous carbon, we must become active stewards of carbon sequestration—the process of capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it.

Any place that absorbs more carbon than it emits is called a “carbon sink.” The earth’s largest natural carbon sink is the ocean—in fact, 83% of global carbon is circulated through the ocean and 50% is sequestered in it. We refer to this ocean-contained carbon as “blue carbon.” The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of these coastal marine ecosystems. Projects are being developed at sites globally to protect and restore coastal ecosystems for their "blue carbon value.” Research into the sequestration, storage, and loss of carbon from blue carbon systems is crucial and ongoing.

Ocean Aero’s mission is to know the ocean. Understanding and utilizing ocean-circulated and ocean-sequestered carbon is central to that mission. We commit to being part of the process of fighting climate change by pioneering autonomous technology to measure and monitor the emerging currency of climate health: blue carbon.