Biochar & the blue economy with Southern Ocean Carbon

This one’s for you if you’re interested in biochar, giant kelp, marine engineering or thinking about seaweed as a solution to a whole lotta problems 🛠️🐟

Adam Brancher is a Principle Marine Surveyor and the Founder of Southern Ocean Carbon (now known as Next Wave Seaweed), which aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change through responsible seaweed mariculture and bio-mitigation around aquaculture farms. We touch on a few of the exciting projects his team is working on across the world in this episode, such as growing seaweed for bioplastics, offshore mariculture, IMTA and seaweed for food security.

Since this ep was recorded SOC has rebranded to Next Wave Seaweed - you can find them here or on socials @nextwaveseaweed. Subscribe for updates or support the podcast at quietnightin.substack.com. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.

Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep:

The Problem with Carbon Credits and Offsets Explained

Forensic carbon accounting with Catriona Herd (SP episode)

Opportunities and constraints for biochar technology in Australian agriculture: looking beyond carbon sequestration (research)

Kelpy (NSW-based seaweed bioplastic)

Nopla - bioplastics

Blue Economy CRC

Hydrodynamic energy attenuation by seaweed aquaculture

Developing Production Systems for Offshore Kelp Mariculture