Contribute to a Safe Climate by 2050

Restoring pre-industrial CO₂ levels by maximizing nature’s most powerful carbon dioxide removal (CDR) process

THE MISSION

An approach whose time has come

Ending the climate crisis in 25 years requires safe, affordable, and scalable solutions. To succeed, the world needs to reduce atmospheric CO₂ from today's 420+ parts per million (ppm) to historically safe, pre-industrial levels below 300 ppm.

This requires pulling a trillion tons of excess CO₂ out of the atmosphere (1,000 gigatons). Nature has performed this exact removal at scale before each ice age. Our research shows natural processes can pull out multi-gigatons rapidly.

CORE TECHNOLOGY

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)

We focus on the mCDR approach most able to end the climate crisis within 25 years: boosting healthy photosynthesis in the ocean.

The Iron Deficit

Much of the ocean lacks iron. When iron-rich dust blows out to sea, furnishing a bit of iron in the right places, phytoplankton grow quickly.

Massive Carbon Capture

These microscopic plants capture vast amounts of CO₂ through photosynthesis at a fraction of the cost of mechanical CDR methods.

Ecosystem Benefits

Phytoplankton form the marine food web foundation. Phytoplankton-based CDR not only pulls down CO₂, but counters ocean acidification and enhances fishery production.

What we’re up to now

We have developed efficient, accurate, and low-cost measurement technology to keep the process substantially less expensive than other forms of CDR.
Planning a project to demonstrate the technology… and provide the basis for scaling up CDR
And seeking funding to make this all possible.

Field trials

Distributing iron in small areas of the deep ocean has been shown to promote phytoplankton growth.

We plan further field trials to gather more data on the effectiveness and safety of the method.

Learn More

The case for ocean iron fertilization field trials (journal article)

The reason you've never heard of ocean fertilization (blog)
Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race (book)
D. Snyder and P. Fiekowsky, “Implementing Climate Restoration This Decade” (paper)
D. Snyder, “Climate Restoration Using Natural Processes” (video recording of presentation)‍ ‍

Meet the Team

Thanh Huynh

Chief Executive Officer
Thanh is passionate about restoring the Earth's climate for humanity to thrive for generations to come. As Vice President of Strategy & BizOps at OPRWorld, Inc., he developed OIF projects worldwide, arranged strategic partnerships, and guided business and financial planning.
Thanh has worked as a high-tech product leader, driving products from concept to release. He also provides executive, leadership, and performance coaching and consulting.
David Snyder, MBA, PE, CISSP

Chief Operations Officer
David Snyder is a California-registered Civil Engineer (PE) and IEEE Senior Member.
As an environmental engineer, he conducted site selection and environmental impact studies for energy facilities and the investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at industrial sites.
Alan Burnham, PhD

Chief Science Officer
With a doctorate in Physical Chemistry, Alan has spent most of his career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, working on and leading energy and national security projects.
He has published roughly 300 scientific papers and is on the editorial board of two journals.
Joe Brabec

Chief Technology Officer
As an electrical engineer, Joe designed, built, and programmed embedded systems in a wide range of industries for five decades.
Recently he retired as Chief Engineer and CTO of Topcon Corporation, where he earned 39 patents and developed many World's First™ technologies.

Marcus Cooper

Chief of Staff
Navy officer, flight controller and political campaign manager, Marcus is a pro in logistics, management, and contract fulfillment.
When not working on DeepGreen, he is designing innovative, AI translation and transcription services.
Carole Douglis

Chief Communications Officer
Carole is an award-winning journalist specializing in climate and environment. She has written for major magazines, NatGeo, UN Environment Programme, and research institutes around the world.
Involved in climate restoration since 2019, Carole co-authored the field’s foundational book and papers with Peter Fiekowksy.