Mitigating climate change in littoral ecosystems and communities requires reducing their carbon footprint, even as human populations and the associated needs for marine goods, services, and infrastructure rise. Successful strategies will reduce emissions from marine industries and reverse prior emission through carbon capture, utilization, and storage. This project will assess the carbon footprint of marine industries and develop small- and large-scale decarbonization strategies.

• Map carbon pathways in coastal systems to identify, qualify, and quantify the composition of anthropogenic inputs;
• Assess the ocean basins and geological formations around Atlantic Canada to rank them for long-term storage of carbon;
• Develop improved carbon capture and separation processes;
• Help to reduce carbon emitted in the transport and disposal of marine biomass through bioconversion and recycling.

Dr. Hugh MacIntyre
Professor, Dalhousie University
Email: Hugh.MacIntyre@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 240-1258