April 2024 - April 2026 / 25 months
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) has been proposed as an approach to increase the ocean’s uptake of atmospheric CO₂. By adding alkaline materials such as olivine or lime to seawater, OAE can potentially boost the ocean’s capacity to store carbon. This project investigates how OAE …
January 2017 - December 2026 / 10 years
Since 2010, the CSM and the IAEA have co-organized, with the support of the Prince Albert II Foundation, workshops on the socio-economic impact of acidification. The first workshop confirmed the potential socio-economic threats caused by ocean acidification but also highlighted the difficulties in…
January 2008 - December 2026 / 19 years
The Symposia on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World are the largest international conferences on ocean acidification, organized every four years. The Principality of Monaco hosted the Second Symposium in the series in 2008, which lead to the publication of the Monaco Declaration, signed by the 126…