OAE Efficiency Map

OAE is a high potential marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approach; it was identified as a research priority by the National Academies of Science, one of the world’s leading scientific institutions, and is currently receiving tens of millions of dollars of R&D funding from the U.S. Government.

While interest and funding for OAE research has been growing, a significant gap is understanding where deployments can be most effective at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.  The new graphical interactive tool called the OAE Efficiency Map helps address this and other questions. In addition to the interactive tool, the team is releasing a technical article explaining the scientific methodology used to generate the map and possible applications for the dataset. [C]Worthy is also releasing the full dataset underlying the map and a scientific manuscript has now been published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

• Read the Press release (10/15/24)

• Explore the Interactive Tool

• Read the OAE Efficiency Map Explainer Article

• Read the Paper in Nature Climate Change

• Compare with the DOR Efficiency Map

The Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) Efficiency Map (developed in collaboration with CarbonPlan and launched on October 15, 2024) is the first-ever interactive map describing where ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) can be done most efficiently around the world.