Spark Climate Solutions – Accelerating progress in emerging, high-impact climate fields
Description: Outlier Projects advances research on nascent ideas with the potential for outsized impact on the climate crisis.
We have supported several carbon removal efforts, with the core of our work focused on founding and supporting the Carbon to Sea Initiative. This Initiative aims to strengthen the ocean's natural mechanisms for removing atmospheric CO2 using ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), which could be one of the most scalable and permanent ways to achieve humanity’s carbon removal goals.
By 2100, sea levels will rise between 0.2 and 2 meters. The most acute threat is the collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, which alone could raise global sea levels by more than 1 meter.
Traditional measures like reducing emissions and transitioning from fossil fuels will not prevent the collapse of Thwaites or other critical glaciers over the coming decades. Glaciologists are now exploring how to intervene and slow the retreat of these critical glaciers.
Spark Climate Solutions – Accelerating progress in emerging, high-impact climate fields