Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Preliminary Results from the first EPA-permitted ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) field trial conducted in the summer 2025.
Press briefing - Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 - Glasgow, Scotland
organized by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Wednesday, 25 February at 3:00pm GMT (10:00 am EST)
The LOC-NESS project (Locking Ocean Carbon in the Northeast Shelf and Slope) is a U.S. research effort that addresses the need identified by the US Federal Government and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to rapidly advance research into marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches, such as ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), a potential type of mCDR that de-acidifies sea water while storing carbon away from the atmosphere. In addition to emissions reductions, OAE may help to mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment and society.
Designed to inform future science, regulation, and policy, LOC-NESS evaluates how OAE performs in real-world conditions and what its environmental impacts may be, combining lab experiments, advanced ocean modeling, community engagement, and a highly monitored field trial conducted in the Gulf of Maine in August, 2025.
At this press event, researchers will present preliminary findings from across the project, including results from the groundbreaking Gulf of Maine trial. Panelists will discuss OAE’s effectiveness at removing CO₂ (Subhas), biological and ecosystem impacts (Davitt), the use of novel sensing technologies and autonomous vehicles (Nicholson), and lessons from public engagement (Kleisner).
Speakers include:
Adam Subhas, LOC-NESS principal investigator and project lead, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David “Roo” Nicholson, LOC-NESS co-principal investigator, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kristin Kleisner, Lead Senior Scientist and Associate Vice President for Ocean Science, Environmental Defense Fund
Rachel Davitt, Ph.D. Candidate, Division of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Preliminary Results from the first EPA-permitted ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) field trial conducted in the summer 2025.
Press briefing - Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 - Glasgow, Scotland
organized by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Wednesday, 25 February at 3:00pm GMT (10:00 am EST)
The LOC-NESS project (Locking Ocean Carbon in the Northeast Shelf and Slope) is a U.S. research effort that addresses the need identified by the US Federal Government and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to rapidly advance research into marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches, such as ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), a potential type of mCDR that de-acidifies sea water while storing carbon away from the atmosphere. In addition to emissions reductions, OAE may help to mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment and society.
Designed to inform future science, regulation, and policy, LOC-NESS evaluates how OAE performs in real-world conditions and what its environmental impacts may be, combining lab experiments, advanced ocean modeling, community engagement, and a highly monitored field trial conducted in the Gulf of Maine in August, 2025.
At this press event, researchers will present preliminary findings from across the project, including results from the groundbreaking Gulf of Maine trial. Panelists will discuss OAE’s effectiveness at removing CO₂ (Subhas), biological and ecosystem impacts (Davitt), the use of novel sensing technologies and autonomous vehicles (Nicholson), and lessons from public engagement (Kleisner).
Speakers include:
Adam Subhas, LOC-NESS principal investigator and project lead, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David “Roo” Nicholson, LOC-NESS co-principal investigator, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kristin Kleisner, Lead Senior Scientist and Associate Vice President for Ocean Science, Environmental Defense Fund
Rachel Davitt, Ph.D. Candidate, Division of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
