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Dante Simonetti’s SeaChange will remove more than 40 tons of carbon from the air every year

Publication: LAist

 

UCLA Expert: Dante Simonetti: Associate Professor, UCLA School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

 

Synopsis: To avoid the worst of climate change, we have to look beyond reducing our carbon footprints to actually removing carbon from the atmosphere. This process, called carbon capture, has seen a lot of innovation, with some significant developments happening in our own backyard.

UCLA News: Simonetti has gotten into the business, debuting project SeaChange, which will remove more than 40 tons of carbon from the air every year. The technology will remove some of that carbon from the ocean, leaving more room for carbon from the atmosphere to be absorbed by the sea. 

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