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How does sinking Sargassum remove additional carbon? - SeaGen - Blue Tech For a Blue Planet

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What this article backs

• Sargassum Bloom ↑ Atmospheric Co2 Drawdown
• Sargassum Bloom ↑ Sargassum Carbon Sequestration

• Sargassum Bloom increases Atmospheric Co2 Drawdown.
• Sargassum Bloom increases Sargassum Carbon Sequestration.

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Once at those depths, biomass is considered to be removed for hundreds if not thousands of years if it breaks down and is dispersed into the water.

Much like land plants, seaweeds and phytoplankton breathe in CO2. When it grows, Sargassum absorbs that CO2.