US Government , Investing $36 Million on , Ocean-Based Carbon Capture.br 'Time' reports that the United States Department of Energy br (DOE) is looking to distribute $36 million toward projects br aimed at scaling up ocean-based carbon removal technology.br 11 scientific projects across the U.S. will receive additional br funding to help determine how much ocean-based carbon br capture could mitigate the impact of climate change.br 'Time' reports that oceans could br theoretically be manipulated to br absorb billions of tons of carbon dioxide.br Current experimental methods include br alkaline materials like lime being dumped into br the water to consume greenhouse gases.br Other approaches include creating algal br blooms or sinking plant biomass in order to br prevent it from decomposing and releasing CO2.br Other approaches include creating algal br blooms or sinking plant biomass in order to br prevent it from decomposing and releasing CO2.br 'Time' reports that the current array of br ocean-based carbon capture technologies have only br been able to remove negligible amounts of carbon. .br The different approaches all require significant br bolstering before they could prove to make br a difference in the fight against climate change.br The DOE's ARPA-E office, which is dedicated to developing new br technologies, launched a program to create sensors and computer br models to determine the efficacy of ocean-based carbon capture.br Reaching President Biden’s ambitious decarbonization goals and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change will require a wide range of innovative climate solutions, Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy, via 'Time'.br ... from common-sense approaches br like improving energy efficiency br to novel applications like utilizing br the ocean’s natural carbon removal br abilities to reduce greenhouse gas br pollution from the atmosphere, Jennifer Granholm, U.S.