Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Space Time—How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System
youtube.com/watch?v=xoDYvvEcIbo
PBS Digital Studios Earth Month Playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4&feature=shared
The ocean is getting more and more acidic. Can we solve it by emptying a giant bottle of antacid into the ocean? No… but the idea of lowering the ocean’s acidity in order to decrease global carbon dioxide levels isn’t all bad. Let’s dive into the science behind ocean alkalinization, and how it could be one part of a larger solution to our global climate crisis.
Correction:
4:29 We've raised atmospheric concentrations to roughly 420 ppm, we haven't added that much entirely by ourselves. Blame the backwards whale sweater for this mistake, it just threw everything off.
Credits:
Executive Producer:
Matthew Radcliff
Producers:
Andrew Sobey
Elaine Seward
Darren Weaver
Writer:
Alex Dainis
Host:
Alex Dainis
Scientific Consultants:
Leila Duman, Ph.D.
Michelle Boucher, Ph.D.
Katie Lebling
Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell
Reactions is a production of the American Chemical Society.
© 2024 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
Sources:
science.org/content/article/ocean-geoengineering-scheme-aces-its-first-field-test
https://timescavengers.blog/climate-change/ocean-chemistry-ocean-acidification/
chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Basics_of_General_Organic_and_Biological_Chemistry_(Ball_et_al.)/09%3A_Solutions/9.06%3A_Le_Chatelier's_Principle
necan.org/overview
annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163834
https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/zeebe_files/Publications/Paquay13.pdf
geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/what-is-geoengineering/what-is-geoengineering
forbes.com/sites/nilsrokke/2023/12/18/is-geoengineering-the-answer-to-the-global-climate-crisis/#:~:text=Similarly%2C%20while%20geoengineering%20should%20not,increases%20beyond%20two%20degrees%20Celsius.
science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/lime-seawater1.htm#:~:text=When%20you%20add%20lime%20to,released%20by%20an%20overwhelmed%20ocean.
science.org/content/article/ocean-geoengineering-scheme-aces-its-first-field-test
https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/climate-weather/ocean-based-climate-solutions/ocean-alkalinity/
planetarytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PML-Applications-Executive-Summary-of-the-Alkalinity-Enhancement-Trial.pdf
reef2reef.com/threads/some-results-from-sodium-hydroxide-dosing.840207
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544213006816
https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/255820660/sp-2-oae2023-3-2023.pdf
bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/4669/2023/#:~:text=Coastal%20enhanced%20weathering%20(CEW)%20via,metals%2C%20and%20the%20nutrient%20silicate.
reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/should-we-be-geo-engineering-oceans-2023-10-18
www2.oceanvisions.org/roadmaps/electrochemical-cdr
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK580053
https://samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-institute-for-carbon-management-and-equatic-to-build-the-worlds-largest-ocean-based-carbon-removal-plant-in-singapore/
sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180625192825.htm
geoengineeringmonitor.org/2023/08/venture-capital-and-carbon-credits-fuel-an-explosion-of-marine-geoengineering-projects
Space Time—How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System
youtube.com/watch?v=xoDYvvEcIbo
PBS Digital Studios Earth Month Playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4&feature=shared
The ocean is getting more and more acidic. Can we solve it by emptying a giant bottle of antacid into the ocean? No… but the idea of lowering the ocean’s acidity in order to decrease global carbon dioxide levels isn’t all bad. Let’s dive into the science behind ocean alkalinization, and how it could be one part of a larger solution to our global climate crisis.
Correction:
4:29 We've raised atmospheric concentrations to roughly 420 ppm, we haven't added that much entirely by ourselves. Blame the backwards whale sweater for this mistake, it just threw everything off.
Credits:
Executive Producer:
Matthew Radcliff
Producers:
Andrew Sobey
Elaine Seward
Darren Weaver
Writer:
Alex Dainis
Host:
Alex Dainis
Scientific Consultants:
Leila Duman, Ph.D.
Michelle Boucher, Ph.D.
Katie Lebling
Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell
Reactions is a production of the American Chemical Society.
© 2024 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
Sources:
science.org/content/article/ocean-geoengineering-scheme-aces-its-first-field-test
https://timescavengers.blog/climate-change/ocean-chemistry-ocean-acidification/
chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Basics_of_General_Organic_and_Biological_Chemistry_(Ball_et_al.)/09%3A_Solutions/9.06%3A_Le_Chatelier's_Principle
necan.org/overview
annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163834
https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/zeebe_files/Publications/Paquay13.pdf
geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/what-is-geoengineering/what-is-geoengineering
forbes.com/sites/nilsrokke/2023/12/18/is-geoengineering-the-answer-to-the-global-climate-crisis/#:~:text=Similarly%2C%20while%20geoengineering%20should%20not,increases%20beyond%20two%20degrees%20Celsius.
science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/lime-seawater1.htm#:~:text=When%20you%20add%20lime%20to,released%20by%20an%20overwhelmed%20ocean.
science.org/content/article/ocean-geoengineering-scheme-aces-its-first-field-test
https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/climate-weather/ocean-based-climate-solutions/ocean-alkalinity/
planetarytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PML-Applications-Executive-Summary-of-the-Alkalinity-Enhancement-Trial.pdf
reef2reef.com/threads/some-results-from-sodium-hydroxide-dosing.840207
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544213006816
https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/255820660/sp-2-oae2023-3-2023.pdf
bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/4669/2023/#:~:text=Coastal%20enhanced%20weathering%20(CEW)%20via,metals%2C%20and%20the%20nutrient%20silicate.
reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/should-we-be-geo-engineering-oceans-2023-10-18
www2.oceanvisions.org/roadmaps/electrochemical-cdr
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK580053
https://samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-institute-for-carbon-management-and-equatic-to-build-the-worlds-largest-ocean-based-carbon-removal-plant-in-singapore/
sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180625192825.htm
geoengineeringmonitor.org/2023/08/venture-capital-and-carbon-credits-fuel-an-explosion-of-marine-geoengineering-projects
