On March 31st, 2026, Carbon to Sea will host the “Examining MRV Practices Across Five OAE Projects” webinar featuring leading scientists from the five projects included in our recently published MRV Database. The virtual event will focus on introducing the database and its features, as well as each project’s monitoring approach, rationale, trade-offs, challenges, and future plans.

The discussion will be moderated by Anna Madlener, Senior Manager for MRV at the Carbon to Sea Initiative, and feature leading scientists from the five OAE projects, including:

  • Dr. Will Burt, VP of Science and Product at Planetary, a startup that has been testing OAE from a coastal outfall using a mineral slurry feedstock in Halifax, Canada.
  • Dr. Jaime Palter, Associate Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, and co-Principal Investigator of a NOAA-NOPP funded project studying the alkaline runoff into the Winnapaug Salt Pond, Rhode Island, USA, from a golf course where limestone is routinely added.
  • Dr. Mallory Ringham, Head of Ocean Science at Ebb Carbon, a startup that has conducted a pilot experiment in Port Angeles, USA, testing an electrochemical approach to OAE from a barge in coastal waters. 
  • Dr. Steve Romaniello, Director of Geochemistry at Vesta, a startup that has been conducting a pilot experiment in Duck, North Carolina, USA, testing a coastal enhanced weathering approach by placing natural olivine rock on coastal seabeds. This project’s monitoring is conducted by the non-profit organization Hourglass Climate.
  • Dr. Adam Subhas, Associate Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the project lead for LOC-NESS, an academic research effort that tested ship-based OAE by releasing sodium hydroxide over the course of one day in an open-ocean setting ~126 km east of Boston, USA.

The event will be virtual. Audience Q&A will take place following a short presentation from each of the speakers. Please register in advance at http://www.carbontosea.org/webinar. For any questions, please email info@carbontosea.org.