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UK facility starts sucking CO2 out of seawater to help the climate

Stripping carbon dioxide out of the ocean could be much more efficient than capturing it from the air. Researchers are hoping to show its potential at a pilot plant in Weymouth

By Alec Luhn

11 February 2025

Weymouth Bay on England’s south coast, where SeaCURE is sucking carbon dioxide out of seawater

Heidi Stewart/Alamy

At the back of the Sea Life aquarium in Weymouth on England’s south coast, a hangar resounds with the rush of water into tanks. Three reef sharks and a nurse shark are cruising around in one. A stingray is hiding somewhere in another. But a closed rectangular tank of stainless steel holds an entirely different beast: carbon dioxide bubbling out of seawater as part of a process scientists hope could someday help reverse climate change. A red line on a computer screen shows…

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