[PEN-L:32830] Fedral R&D; messin' with the oceans

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

[from biologists I've talked to, our knowledge of marine ecosystems is nowhere near as
extensive as terrestrial ones and both are extremely in need of more funds, so the
following, given our past tinkering, means those seemingly sci-fi scenarios for dealing
with greenhouse dynamics are going to get a serious hearing......]

[if folks want the full piece from the FR, email me off list and I'll send it to you]



[Federal Register: December 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 235)]
[Notices]
[Page 72657-72660]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06de02-47]


DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 03-15;
Ocean Carbon Sequestration Research Program

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting grant applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of
the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby
announces its interest in receiving applications for research on Carbon
Sequestration in the Oceans.

DATES: Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a brief
preapplication for programmatic review by January 31, 2003, although
later preapplications will still be accepted. The deadline for receipt
of formal applications is 4:30 p.m., E.S.T., March 20, 2003, to be
accepted for merit review and to permit timely consideration for award
in Fiscal Year 2003 and early Fiscal Year 2004.

[snip]

Any viable system for sequestering carbon must have several key
characteristics. It must be effective and cost-competitive with
alternative means, such as renewable energy. Unintended environmental
consequences must be benign compared to alternative solutions,
including no action. A carbon sequestration system must be able to be
monitored quantitatively and verified, because contributions to carbon
sequestration almost certainly need to be measured. Research sponsored
by this program could contribute to any of these goals.

[snip]