FY2023 Funded Projects

The following is a list of projects (showing the project title and the lead PI and institution) funded under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) in FY2023. Discussions on the contractual details of each award were initiated at the appropriate funding agency.

For abstracts of each project and the partners involved, click on the project title.

• An opportunity to study Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement, CDR, and ecosystem impacts through coastal liming
  • PI: Jaime Palter, University of Rhode Island
• Tidal wetlands as a low pH environment for accelerated and scalable olivine dissolution
  • PI: Kevin Kroeger, United States Geological Survey (USGS) 
• Assessing Carbon Dioxide Removal and Ecosystem Response for an Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Field Trial
  • PI: David Nicholson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Assessing efficacy of electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement at an existing outfall using tracer release experiments and oceanographic models
  • PI: David Ho, University of Hawaii
• Assessing the laboratory and field responses of diatoms and coccolithophores to ocean alkalinity enhancement
  • PI:  Adam Subhas, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
• Developing a coupled benthic-pelagic biogeochemical model to evaluate the effectiveness of mCDR interventions
  • PIs: Cristina Schultz, Northeastern University & Jessica Luo, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
• Carbon capture and ocean acidification mitigation potential by seaweed farms in tropical and subtropical coastal environments
  • PI: Andreas Andersson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Determining the Influence of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Foraminifera Calcification, Distribution, and CaCO3 Production
  • PI: Laura Haynes, Vassar College
• Biotic calcification impacts on marine carbon dioxide removal additionality
  • PI: Kelly Kearney, University of Washington Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, & Ecosystem Studies (CICOES)
• Assessing chemical and biological implications of alkalinity enhancement using carbonate salts obtained from captured CO2 to mitigate negative effects of ocean acidification and enable mCDR
  • PI: Andrew Dickson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Quantifying the Efficacy of Wastewater Alkalinity Enhancement on mCDR and Acidification Mitigation in a Large Estuary
  • PI: Jeremy Testa, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
• Multiscale observing system simulation experiments for iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean, Equatorial Pacific, and Northeast Pacific
  • PI: Dennis McGillicuddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
• Data requirements for quantifying natural variability and the background ocean carbon sink in mCDR models
  • PI: Galen McKinley, Columbia University
• Electrolysis-driven weathering of basic minerals for long-term ocean buffering and CO2 reduction
  • PI: Burke Hales, Oregon State University
• Assessing the effects and risks of ocean alkalinity enhancement on the physiology, functionality, calcification, and mineralogy of corals and crustose coralline algae in the Pacific
  • PI: Melissa Meléndez, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
• Engaging U.S. Commercial Fishing Community to Develop Recommendations for Fishery-Sensitive mCDR Governance, Collaborative Research and Monitoring, and Outreach to Fishing Communities
  • PI: Fiona Hogan, Responsible Offshore Development Alliance
• Coupling Desalination with Novel mCDR Membranes
  • PI: Katherine Hornbostel, University of Pittsburgh
• A Gulf of Maine Ambient Sound Network 
  • PI: Jason Gedamke, NOAA NMFS