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NNadir

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1. Some years back, I disabused myself of the idea that this could represent a significant carbon capture tool.

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Mon Jun 1, 2026, 11:47 AM

21 hrs ago

The Very Modest Carbon Capture Potential of the Massive Sargassum Blooms.

When one considers the mass of the sargassum, and recognizes that it represents only a tiny fraction of the carbon fixed by life forms, it gives one a sense of the scale of the carbon disaster underway.

In that sense, it's terrifying.

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Not only is this the first day of Hurricane Season, but it's also Sargassum weed season [View all] surfered 22 hrs ago OP

Some years back, I disabused myself of the idea that this could represent a significant carbon capture tool. NNadir 21 hrs ago #1

Yeah, I'm of the opinion we're toast. surfered 21 hrs ago #2

I want to be an optimist but I'm leaning in your direction. littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #3