The Ocean Brief

Short ocean stories and insights covering science, policy, innovation, and the ocean community

Samantha Andrews Samantha Andrews

Harnessing whale's carbon capture potential

Whale Seeker, a Montreal-based startup that leverages AI to simplify whale monitoring, is leading a new project the Canadian Arctic, to develop and test a scalable whale carbon and biodiversity detection methodology and credit system. The Whale Carbon Plus project will incentivise marine actors to monitor marine mammal presence and take meaningful action to avoid conflict with them.

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Samantha Andrews Samantha Andrews

A glimmer of hope from the IPCC

The climate crisis is here, but it’s not too late to stave off the worst impacts. Not convinced? Let’s look at some of the small—and yes, imperfect—steps we’ve taken so far.

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