Our Program
Our climate research program is centered around the concept that planet Earth is our
lifeboat in the universe. At this moment in human history the global scientific
community knows that this lifeboat is rapidly sinking. Nations around the world are
failing to act in response to this threat. At the current pace of activity, human extinction and
near-total devastation of the biosphere is predicted and highly probable within less than 90
years. Planet Earth will survive the 21st century but the viability of human habitation remains
unlikely.
The analogy of the Titanic sinking certainly fits here. The captain and the Titanic crew were
aware of the impending disaster while most of the passengers were oblivious and continued to
dine and dance on the main deck. Today, Lifeboat Earth is heating at an unprecedented rate and
the scientific community can see the impending disaster rapidly approaching. In 2022,
however, it is still business as usual.
Warnings and red flags have been raised around the world. In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from
around the world issued a dire "warning to humanity." The Earth's ecosystems were being
pushed to their breaking point and we were well on the way to ruining the planet. Catastrophes
were outlined. To mark the 25th anniversary of this first warning in 2017, more than 15,000
scientists from 184 countries assessed the situation again. This second dire warning added
more urgency to the unfolding catastrophe. Soon there will be no turning back. This is often
referred to as the runaway greenhouse, the terminal situation in which atmospheric heating
cannot be stopped. It appears to be a slow-motion catastrophe but in reality it is actually
progressing rapidly. Unfortunately, humanity has taken almost no meaningful steps to save
itself. We continue to dine and dance, oblivious to the unfolding disaster.
Given this dire situation, the SEA program was established in 2013 by a small group of
atmospheric and oceanographic scientists with one laser-focused goal: To Explore and Test
Oceanic Global Solutions to the Unfolding Climate Change Disaster Caused by Rising Levels of
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. We have launched an effort to reduce, on a global scale,
atmospheric carbon dioxide worldwide. Our research thrust is to carefully test and validate a
carbon sequestration concept that involves the immediate and continued, long-term oceanic
removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This carbon sequestration approach has the potential
to lock-up carbon on the seabed at megaton to gigaton levels worldwide. At present we are
carefully examining the science and plausibility of this carbon sequestration concept as a
potential major natural oceanic sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface and already represent a major global carbon
sink. One of the best chances for a solution to an out-of-control increase in atmospheric carbon
dioxide rests with very specific, accelerated, biospheric uptake of carbon dioxide by the world's
oceans. This avenue of carbon sequestration is long overdue for a serious examination through
the lens of oceanographic and atmospheric science. Simply put, that is what the Sea Earth
Alliance is all about.
The Sea Earth Alliance Program consists of solid, peer-reviewed scientific research that
focuses on the long-term sustainability of our atmosphere through atmospheric reduction in
carbon dioxide. Our Program Quest is to accomplish major changes in this area through the
application of new ideas, new technologies, and sound science in order to forge a trajectory of
real sustainability for planet Earth and all its inhabitants.
lifeboat in the universe. At this moment in human history the global scientific
community knows that this lifeboat is rapidly sinking. Nations around the world are
failing to act in response to this threat. At the current pace of activity, human extinction and
near-total devastation of the biosphere is predicted and highly probable within less than 90
years. Planet Earth will survive the 21st century but the viability of human habitation remains
unlikely.
The analogy of the Titanic sinking certainly fits here. The captain and the Titanic crew were
aware of the impending disaster while most of the passengers were oblivious and continued to
dine and dance on the main deck. Today, Lifeboat Earth is heating at an unprecedented rate and
the scientific community can see the impending disaster rapidly approaching. In 2022,
however, it is still business as usual.
Warnings and red flags have been raised around the world. In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from
around the world issued a dire "warning to humanity." The Earth's ecosystems were being
pushed to their breaking point and we were well on the way to ruining the planet. Catastrophes
were outlined. To mark the 25th anniversary of this first warning in 2017, more than 15,000
scientists from 184 countries assessed the situation again. This second dire warning added
more urgency to the unfolding catastrophe. Soon there will be no turning back. This is often
referred to as the runaway greenhouse, the terminal situation in which atmospheric heating
cannot be stopped. It appears to be a slow-motion catastrophe but in reality it is actually
progressing rapidly. Unfortunately, humanity has taken almost no meaningful steps to save
itself. We continue to dine and dance, oblivious to the unfolding disaster.
Given this dire situation, the SEA program was established in 2013 by a small group of
atmospheric and oceanographic scientists with one laser-focused goal: To Explore and Test
Oceanic Global Solutions to the Unfolding Climate Change Disaster Caused by Rising Levels of
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. We have launched an effort to reduce, on a global scale,
atmospheric carbon dioxide worldwide. Our research thrust is to carefully test and validate a
carbon sequestration concept that involves the immediate and continued, long-term oceanic
removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This carbon sequestration approach has the potential
to lock-up carbon on the seabed at megaton to gigaton levels worldwide. At present we are
carefully examining the science and plausibility of this carbon sequestration concept as a
potential major natural oceanic sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface and already represent a major global carbon
sink. One of the best chances for a solution to an out-of-control increase in atmospheric carbon
dioxide rests with very specific, accelerated, biospheric uptake of carbon dioxide by the world's
oceans. This avenue of carbon sequestration is long overdue for a serious examination through
the lens of oceanographic and atmospheric science. Simply put, that is what the Sea Earth
Alliance is all about.
The Sea Earth Alliance Program consists of solid, peer-reviewed scientific research that
focuses on the long-term sustainability of our atmosphere through atmospheric reduction in
carbon dioxide. Our Program Quest is to accomplish major changes in this area through the
application of new ideas, new technologies, and sound science in order to forge a trajectory of
real sustainability for planet Earth and all its inhabitants.