The Sea Upwelling Company (formerly Ocean-Based Climate Solutions)

Our upwelling pump is deployed in the open ocean and powered by wave energy - produces upwelling of nutrients to trigger photosynthesis, restoring the ocean food web while enhancing natural ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR).

CDR refers to sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) in the deep ocean, using natural upwelling methods. CO2 is the primary greenhouse gas (GHG) causing atmospheric and ocean warming worldwide.

Upwelling is the natural process which delivers deeper cold water containing surplus nutrients to the sunlit surface ocean, growing single-cell algae called phytoplankton which absorb oceanic CO2, in turn reducing CO2 in the atmosphere, thereby counteracting the warming. Phytoplankton are the primary ocean food source supporting all higher trophic species - from fish to whales, seabirds to seals!

Ocean warming cuts back natural upwelling of deeper cold nutrient-rich water, limiting growth of phytoplankton resulting in less CO2 absorbed, and less ocean food for all marine life.

Wave-driven upwelling pumps enhance natural upwelling and deliver critical nutrients to the sunlit surface ocean, growing more phytoplankton. The phytoplankton die and sink, sequestering the CO2 and reducing GHG’s thereby counteracting their warming.

Each Timeshare-CDR Subscription (T-CDR) owns 10% of one pump’s annual operating hours and the corresponding tons of CO2 removed. Sensors on the buoy and in the nearby ocean measure CDR. This data is uplinked directly to the T-CDR subscriber.

Summary: Ten T-CDR’s = 1 pump = 8,760 hours/year = estimated 7,700 tons/year CO2 removed. One T-CDR = 876 hours/year = estimated 770 tons CDR.

Our deployment location is in the open ocean east of Bermuda. We’ll begin this summer with the technical and logistical resources of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), as well as local partners in Bermuda. This will be the first open-ocean upwelling carbon dioxide removal project worldwide.

By subscribing to T-CDR’s, individuals and organizations can make a difference in counteracting climate change, enhancing sea life, and cooling the upper ocean. And get a head start on SEC compliance.

T-CDR’s allow companies to “start small” and become acquainted with marine CDR. Once familiar with the benefits of mCDR, they can expand quickly to large-scale (up to megaton per year) CDR.

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Please contact:  Philip Kithil, Managing Director, The Sea Upwelling Company, Inc. 505-231-7508 phil@sea-up.life.