Planeteers’ Frank Rattey and Dr. Thorben Amann on closed-system, alkalinity-based carbon removal

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on alkalinity-based carbon removal with experts from Planeteers.

In this edition of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by Frank Rattey and Dr. Thorben Amann of Planeteers — a Hamburg-based carbon removal startup researching alkalinity-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches — to discuss the science behind their closed-system pathway, their first field tests, and the national regulations guiding ocean-climate research. Dr. Thorben Amann is the Research and Development Lead at Planeteers and a geochemical CDR specialist. In this epi...

People in this episode

Hosts: Anna Madlener, Wil Burns

Guests: Frank Rattey, Dr. Thorben Amann

Topics covered

• carbon removal
• ocean-climate research
• alkalinity-based CDR
• closed-system pathways
• field tests
• national regulations

Keywords

• carbon dioxide removal
• alkalinity
• closed-system
• field tests
• ocean research
• climate change
• geochemical

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Planeteers, Plan Sea

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