Isometric and [C]Worthy partner to advance marine carbon dioxide removal research

“At Isometric, we partner with organizations that engage in research to address fundamental knowledge gaps in monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects. We believe that diverse collaborations are an essential part of advancing MRV research, fostering scientific consensus, and building trust in the carbon removal industry.

With this in mind, Isometric is partnering with [C]Worthy—a non-profit “Focused Research Organization” that is building C-Star (Computational Systems for Tracking Ocean Carbon). C-Star is a set of open-source software tools to support oceanographic and biogeochemical modeling and data integration for MRV of marine CDR (mCDR) projects. The goal of our collaboration is to use C-Star to better quantify the uncertainty bounds associated with ocean models that will be used to calculate the net carbon dioxide removal of mCDR projects.

The models used in this collaborative research simulate the time-evolving physics, biology, and chemistry of key regions of the ocean and have been developed and vetted over decades by academic and government scientists. These models are based on the most scientifically up-to-date understanding of the physical and biogeochemical processes relevant to mCDR quantification. Because the models will be heavily relied on for mCDR MRV, their uncertainties must be understood and quantified. To date, there has been little published scientific literature on model uncertainty in the context of mCDR MRV, so Isometric scientists and engineers will be working closely with [C]Worthy to co-design experiments to help fill this knowledge gap.”

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