How do you study a potential climate solution responsibly? 🌊🔬
The newly-formed @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social Field Research Coalition unites independent organizations studying ocean iron fertilization in different regions of the global ocean.
👉Learn more: go.whoi.edu/ocean-research
The newly-formed @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social Field Research Coalition unites independent organizations studying ocean iron fertilization in different regions of the global ocean.
👉Learn more: go.whoi.edu/ocean-research
October 8, 2026 at 12:59 PM
How do you study a potential climate solution responsibly? 🌊🔬
The newly-formed @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social Field Research Coalition unites independent organizations studying ocean iron fertilization in different regions of the global ocean.
👉Learn more: go.whoi.edu/ocean-research
The newly-formed @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social Field Research Coalition unites independent organizations studying ocean iron fertilization in different regions of the global ocean.
👉Learn more: go.whoi.edu/ocean-research
No single experiment can answer all questions about ocean iron fertilization for mCDR. 🌊
We’re excited to announce the ExOIS Field Research Coalition, bringing together independent research programs to share knowledge & advance responsible OIF research.
Learn more: www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...
We’re excited to announce the ExOIS Field Research Coalition, bringing together independent research programs to share knowledge & advance responsible OIF research.
Learn more: www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...
September 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
No single experiment can answer all questions about ocean iron fertilization for mCDR. 🌊
We’re excited to announce the ExOIS Field Research Coalition, bringing together independent research programs to share knowledge & advance responsible OIF research.
Learn more: www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...
We’re excited to announce the ExOIS Field Research Coalition, bringing together independent research programs to share knowledge & advance responsible OIF research.
Learn more: www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...
New international coalition establishes shared principles for responsible research into ocean iron-based carbon removal
->Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | More on "Ocean iron fertilization carbon removal" at BigEarthData.ai | #ocean
->Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | More on "Ocean iron fertilization carbon removal" at BigEarthData.ai | #ocean
New international coalition establishes shared principles for responsible research into ocean iron-based carbon removal
New York (Sept. 25, 2026) — As scientists and policymakers increasingly consider environmentally based approaches to climate mitigation, a new international coalition of research organizations is calling for rigorous, coordinated study of ocean iron fertilization (OIF) and its potential role in marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The ExOIS Field Research Coalition, convened by Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions (ExOIS), brings together independent organizations developing OIF field programs in different regions of the global ocean. The coalition aims to advance scientific understanding through greater coordination, information sharing, transparency, and common standards for responsible research. Founding members have signed a voluntary charter committing to scientific excellence, environmental stewardship, transparency and scientific independence, collaborative learning, and research conducted in the public interest. In addition, members have committed not to seek direct financial gain from their research during the experimental phase, including through the sale of carbon credits and offsets, helping to ensure that research findings remain impartial and independent. The coalition also recognizes that OIF and other ocean-based climate-mitigation techniques remain areas of active scientific investigation. Their potential effectiveness, environmental impacts, risks, and broader implications require continued research and careful evaluation before conclusions can be drawn about their suitability or scalability as climate-mitigation strategies...
www.whoi.edu
September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Will you be at #AGU26 in San Francisco this December? Abstracts are due by August 5. Consider submitting to one of the #mCDR ExOIS-affiliated sessions:
🌊 GC062 – From Theory to Ocean: Field Trials for Assessing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
🌊 OS019 – Evaluating environmental impacts of marine CDR
🌊 GC062 – From Theory to Ocean: Field Trials for Assessing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
🌊 OS019 – Evaluating environmental impacts of marine CDR
July 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🌊🧪 @apnews.com reporting on the state of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) initiatives with input from @seos-uvic.bsky.social alum Will Burt & @davidho.bsky.social @cworthy.bsky.social @cafethorium.bsky.social @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social @co2ley.bsky.social & others apnews.com/article/clim...
Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or ...
apnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🌊🧪 @apnews.com reporting on the state of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) initiatives with input from @seos-uvic.bsky.social alum Will Burt & @davidho.bsky.social @cworthy.bsky.social @cafethorium.bsky.social @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social @co2ley.bsky.social & others apnews.com/article/clim...
🌊 1/2 Study @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social outlines steps to evaluate ocean iron fertilization #OIF for marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR. Large-scale field studies northeast Pacific, modeling & improved monitoring to assess effectiveness environmental impact www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
Frontiers | Next steps for assessing ocean iron fertilization for marine carbon dioxide removal
www.frontiersin.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM
🌊 1/2 Study @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social outlines steps to evaluate ocean iron fertilization #OIF for marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR. Large-scale field studies northeast Pacific, modeling & improved monitoring to assess effectiveness environmental impact www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
OCB co-hosting mCDR networking event during #OSM24 with @cworthy.bsky.social, ExOIS, Carbon to Sea, and Ocean Visions - Learn more and sign up: us-ocb.org/13218-2/
January 12, 2024 at 4:25 PM
OCB co-hosting mCDR networking event during #OSM24 with @cworthy.bsky.social, ExOIS, Carbon to Sea, and Ocean Visions - Learn more and sign up: us-ocb.org/13218-2/
Today at COP30 Brazil - join us in the GAUC Pavilion at 10:30.
With Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez, PhD from Ocean Visions, KEN BUESSELER from ExOIS, and Chris Sherwood from Negative Emissions Platform. Moderated by Shaun Fitzgerald, Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge.
With Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez, PhD from Ocean Visions, KEN BUESSELER from ExOIS, and Chris Sherwood from Negative Emissions Platform. Moderated by Shaun Fitzgerald, Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge.
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today at COP30 Brazil - join us in the GAUC Pavilion at 10:30.
With Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez, PhD from Ocean Visions, KEN BUESSELER from ExOIS, and Chris Sherwood from Negative Emissions Platform. Moderated by Shaun Fitzgerald, Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge.
With Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez, PhD from Ocean Visions, KEN BUESSELER from ExOIS, and Chris Sherwood from Negative Emissions Platform. Moderated by Shaun Fitzgerald, Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge.
A great opportunity to come and work with the ExOIS program office and @whoi.edu
🌊The ExOIS program office has an opening for a short-term position to help with the writing of an application for a permit for ocean iron fertilization #OIF field research in the high seas
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-E...
June 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A great opportunity to come and work with the ExOIS program office and @whoi.edu
✅Nesta semana, uma equipe de 17 cientistas dos 🇺🇸, 🇨🇳, 🇯🇵, 🇨🇦 e 🇰🇷 apresentou uma proposta inusitada p enfrentar as mudanças climáticas: fertilizar os oceanos com ferro. A ideia foi divulgada pela organização sem fins lucrativos Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions (ExOIS)👇
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September 17, 2024 at 8:07 PM
✅Nesta semana, uma equipe de 17 cientistas dos 🇺🇸, 🇨🇳, 🇯🇵, 🇨🇦 e 🇰🇷 apresentou uma proposta inusitada p enfrentar as mudanças climáticas: fertilizar os oceanos com ferro. A ideia foi divulgada pela organização sem fins lucrativos Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions (ExOIS)👇
florestalbrasil.com/cientistas-q...
florestalbrasil.com/cientistas-q...
Great to see and hug Ken Buesseler at Ocean Visions Summit, a nice surprise, and appreciating his feedback on our film #TheClimateRestorers - #BlueCarbon. Thanks ExOIS for your extraordinary work to illuminate the pros and cons of #OIF. www.theclimaterestorers.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Great to see and hug Ken Buesseler at Ocean Visions Summit, a nice surprise, and appreciating his feedback on our film #TheClimateRestorers - #BlueCarbon. Thanks ExOIS for your extraordinary work to illuminate the pros and cons of #OIF. www.theclimaterestorers.com
Last week at the AGU25 Annual Meeting, my postdoctoral advisor, Ken Buesseler, received the AGU Ambassador Award. It was a pleasure to join him in celebrating this well‑deserved honor. @cafethorium.bsky.social @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Last week at the AGU25 Annual Meeting, my postdoctoral advisor, Ken Buesseler, received the AGU Ambassador Award. It was a pleasure to join him in celebrating this well‑deserved honor. @cafethorium.bsky.social @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social
Ocean iron fertilization is one of the trickiest mCDR pathways to verify. Export flux below the mixed layer, remineralization depth, and ecosystem effects all complicate durability claims. Glad to see ExOIS putting principles up front.
June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ocean iron fertilization is one of the trickiest mCDR pathways to verify. Export flux below the mixed layer, remineralization depth, and ecosystem effects all complicate durability claims. Glad to see ExOIS putting principles up front.
This is a nice piece covering how adding iron to the ocean can help stabilize the climate - the time for action is here #oceaniron @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social
The tiny ocean organisms that could help the climate in a big way.
grist.org/climate/the-...
#Ocean #Science #Phytoplankton #Organism #Seas #Environment
grist.org/climate/the-...
#Ocean #Science #Phytoplankton #Organism #Seas #Environment
The tiny ocean organisms that could help the climate in a big way
Scientists are exploring whether encouraging phytoplankton growth could sequester atmospheric carbon without harming oceanic ecosystems.
grist.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is a nice piece covering how adding iron to the ocean can help stabilize the climate - the time for action is here #oceaniron @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social
Are you at #UNOC3? Come to an ExOIS-hosted off-site side event next Tues to discuss environmental and ecological #MRV #eMRV to build trust and confidence in #mCDR research. We’ll have pizza and a tasty bev, so don’t be late!
June 10, 15:30-17:30
GiGi Tavola
Register: forms.gle/SHFVypTZo45D...
June 10, 15:30-17:30
GiGi Tavola
Register: forms.gle/SHFVypTZo45D...
forms.gle
June 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Are you at #UNOC3? Come to an ExOIS-hosted off-site side event next Tues to discuss environmental and ecological #MRV #eMRV to build trust and confidence in #mCDR research. We’ll have pizza and a tasty bev, so don’t be late!
June 10, 15:30-17:30
GiGi Tavola
Register: forms.gle/SHFVypTZo45D...
June 10, 15:30-17:30
GiGi Tavola
Register: forms.gle/SHFVypTZo45D...
On to the poster session #1 at #LiegeOcean25! Come by and say hi - I’ll be at the @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social poster in the back corner, come chat with me to learn more about what we think still needs to be done to evaluate OIF for mCDR
May 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On to the poster session #1 at #LiegeOcean25! Come by and say hi - I’ll be at the @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social poster in the back corner, come chat with me to learn more about what we think still needs to be done to evaluate OIF for mCDR
Excited to be here in Liège representing @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social with Mark Wells at #LiegeOcean25 on marine carbon dioxide removal, and our work developing the next generation of #oceanironfertilization field studies
And we're ready for a new edition of the #LiegeOcean25 Liège Colloquium! Looking forward to meeting everyone on Monday!
May 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Excited to be here in Liège representing @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social with Mark Wells at #LiegeOcean25 on marine carbon dioxide removal, and our work developing the next generation of #oceanironfertilization field studies
I know why it’s easy to want to reject this idea full stop, but I suggest reading the latest Paths Forward report from ExOIS. oceaniron.org/our-plan/
November 16, 2023 at 1:02 AM
I know why it’s easy to want to reject this idea full stop, but I suggest reading the latest Paths Forward report from ExOIS. oceaniron.org/our-plan/
Lucky to have found this new talent to help us move forward with the research agenda of ExOIS. More on those plans at oceaniron.org 🌊
Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions
Every year, humans pump about 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The heat from this greenhouse gas is disrupting planetary systems and reshaping life on Earth. The ocean may be abl...
oceaniron.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Lucky to have found this new talent to help us move forward with the research agenda of ExOIS. More on those plans at oceaniron.org 🌊
Newly Published Article Outlines Case for Considering Adding Iron to the Ocean for Carbon Dioxide Removal – @WHOI
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
Can adding iron to the ocean help it absorb CO2?
A newly published article spells out the work needed to a...
www.whoi.edu
January 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Newly Published Article Outlines Case for Considering Adding Iron to the Ocean for Carbon Dioxide Removal – @WHOI
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
Can adding iron to the ocean help it absorb CO2? – @WHOI
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
Can adding iron to the ocean help it absorb CO2?
A newly published article spells out the work needed to a...
www.whoi.edu
January 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Can adding iron to the ocean help it absorb CO2? – @WHOI
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/exois-project/
Who's going to the Ocean Sciences Meeting?
Come to this mCDR networking event that @cworthy.bsky.social is co-sponsoring on Monday, 19 February 2024, at the Audubon Aquarium (1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA).
www.us-ocb.org/13218-2/
Come to this mCDR networking event that @cworthy.bsky.social is co-sponsoring on Monday, 19 February 2024, at the Audubon Aquarium (1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA).
www.us-ocb.org/13218-2/
![Flyer announcing the mCDR Networking Event during 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Monday, February 19, 6:30-9:30 pm (Audubon Aquarium)
With logos of the sponsors: OCB, Carbon to Sea Initiative, [C]Worthy, Ocean Visions, and ExOIS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e/bafkreiadaiw4npwif33awfwjvtif6mc2uhiq6fari4w5vudmjvsjndtwfa)
February 14, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Who's going to the Ocean Sciences Meeting?
Come to this mCDR networking event that @cworthy.bsky.social is co-sponsoring on Monday, 19 February 2024, at the Audubon Aquarium (1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA).
www.us-ocb.org/13218-2/
Come to this mCDR networking event that @cworthy.bsky.social is co-sponsoring on Monday, 19 February 2024, at the Audubon Aquarium (1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA).
www.us-ocb.org/13218-2/
🌊 This spring, ExOIS connected with partners across Europe. Paul Morris presented on next-generation OIF field trials at #EGU26 in Vienna and visited GEOMAR (Kiel) and the Alfred Wegener Institute (Bremerhaven). Thanks for the valuable discussions advancing #OceanIronFertilization science for #mCDR.
July 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
🌊 This spring, ExOIS connected with partners across Europe. Paul Morris presented on next-generation OIF field trials at #EGU26 in Vienna and visited GEOMAR (Kiel) and the Alfred Wegener Institute (Bremerhaven). Thanks for the valuable discussions advancing #OceanIronFertilization science for #mCDR.
🌊 Join us at #PNWClimateWeek for Oceans as Climate Heroes: mCDR Day on July 15 in Seattle (or online)! ExOIS is hosting a session called “Phytoplankton Climate Heroes for mCDR” at 10:30 am PT with Sarah Smith, Ken Buesseler, Freddie Christiansen, and Alexis Valauri-Orton. Register: luma.com/clr4l9hz
June 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🌊 Join us at #PNWClimateWeek for Oceans as Climate Heroes: mCDR Day on July 15 in Seattle (or online)! ExOIS is hosting a session called “Phytoplankton Climate Heroes for mCDR” at 10:30 am PT with Sarah Smith, Ken Buesseler, Freddie Christiansen, and Alexis Valauri-Orton. Register: luma.com/clr4l9hz
🌊 Looking for an accessible introduction to ocean iron fertilization (OIF) & marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)?
We've created three brief resources covering:
• ExOIS and our guiding principles
• The North Pacific Carbon Study
• OIF and fisheries
Read, share, & download: oceaniron.org/our-work/
We've created three brief resources covering:
• ExOIS and our guiding principles
• The North Pacific Carbon Study
• OIF and fisheries
Read, share, & download: oceaniron.org/our-work/
June 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
🌊 Looking for an accessible introduction to ocean iron fertilization (OIF) & marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)?
We've created three brief resources covering:
• ExOIS and our guiding principles
• The North Pacific Carbon Study
• OIF and fisheries
Read, share, & download: oceaniron.org/our-work/
We've created three brief resources covering:
• ExOIS and our guiding principles
• The North Pacific Carbon Study
• OIF and fisheries
Read, share, & download: oceaniron.org/our-work/