Partner: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
![Fisherman pulling up sugar kelp. Seaweed cultivation may be one avenue for marine carbon dioxide removal and mitigating ocean acidification. Credit: GreenWave/Ron Gautreau.](https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sugar-kelp-nefsc_GreenWaveRon-Gautreau.jpg)
- PI(s): Andreas Andersson
- Fiscal Year Funded: 2023
Award amount: $1,451,575Duration: 3 yearsFunding agency: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Why we care Growing seaweed in the ocean could be one way to alleviate some..