Adam Subhas

Adam Subhas is the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researcher in An "antacid" to fight climate change who studies Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement. He describes alkaline materials such as olivine as acting like an “antacid” for the ocean by neutralizing CO2.

Subhas also gives the episode its cautionary boundary. He frames the method as an acceleration of natural geological processes, but says research still needs to test whether it can scale, happen fast enough for climate needs, and avoid unacceptable consequences or tradeoffs.

Connections

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - institutional affiliation in the source.
• Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement, Olivine Carbon Removal, and Marine Carbon Removal - research and technology frame.
• Carbon Removal Cost Curve, Carbon Storage Permanence, and Climate Startup Commercialization Gap - scale, accounting, and deployment questions.
• Jacqueline Sentiner and Vesta - other source actors in the olivine field-demonstration branch.