But many people still pine for their old lives and mourn the loss of loved ones.
Still, the company put its proposal to pump another 200 metric tons of minerals on pause. Following a government recommendation, Planetary said it would search for a source of magnesium hydroxide closer to the Cornwall site, rather than shipping it from China. It also assured locals that it wouldn’t sell carbon credits from its past chemical release.Sara Nawaz, research director at American University’s Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, said she understood why scientists sometimes struggle to connect with communities and gain their support. Early research shows the public is reluctant to the idea of “engineering” the climate.
Many people have a strong emotional connection to the ocean, she added. There’s a fear that once you put something in the ocean, “you can’t take it back.”It’s not just locals who have questions about whether these technologies will work. Scientists, too, have acknowledged major unknowns. But some of the principles behind the technologies have been studied for decades by now, and the laboratory can only simulate so much.During a recent EPA listening session about the Woods Hole project, a chorus of oceanographers and industry supporters said it’s time for ocean-scale tests.
A diver swims past kelp, a kind of seaweed that is being tested as a possible tool to lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide in the ocean, near Caspar, Calif. Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)A diver swims past kelp, a kind of seaweed that is being tested as a possible tool to lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide in the ocean, near Caspar, Calif. Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
“There’s an urgency to move ahead and conduct this work,” said Ken Buesseler, another Woods Hole scientist who studies the carbon captured by algae.
Even so, the ocean is a dynamic, challenging landscape to work in. Scientists are still uncovering new details about how it absorbs and recycles carbon, and any materials they add to seawater are liable to sink, become diluted or wash away to other locations, challenging efforts to track how the ocean responds.After all, Swiatek hasn’t reached the final of any event since earning the trophy in Paris a year ago and has slid from No. 1 to No. 5 in the WTA rankings.
at the 2024 Summer Olympics, which were contested at Roland-Garros; she ended up with the bronze medal. Then, later last season, she wasafter testing positive for a banned substance; her explanation was accepted that the result was unintentional and caused by a contaminated medicine.
On Tuesday, Swiatek will play No. 13 Elina Svitolina, a three-time major semifinalist but 0-4 in previous French Open quarterfinals.Svitolina saved three match points earlier Sunday to get past 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1. All of the top eight women’s seeds reached the fourth round; No. 4 Paolini was the first to exit.