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Frontier buys $31M worth of antacids for the ocean
The deal will require Planetary to remove 115,000 metric tons of carbon by increasing the alkalinity of water flowing into the sea.
At full tilt, ocean alkalinity enhancement could remove over 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. That has slowed the pace of global warming, but it also endangers a host of marine organisms, including coral and shellfish, which depend on alkaline waters to help build and maintain their calcareous shells and skeletons. The company adds it at wastewater treatment facilities and power plants, sites that are already discharging water into the ocean.
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