<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I realized I did not provide the time for the talk tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested in attending the EDGE keynote presentation only, the talk will be at <b>4 pm in the Botanic Gardens</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Sandy</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Will Berelson</b>, <span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Paxson H. Offield Professor in Coastal and Marine Systems and Professor of Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">CaCO</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:sub">3</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold"> Dissolution Neutralizes CO</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:sub">2</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">From Science to Start-up:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div>I will present the path we’ve taken to re-discover the kinetic controls on CaCO3, what are the correct rates as a function of saturation state and why we think we’re correct. Many different lab and field experiments have given us confidence that this new formulation is correct, but what does it mean for how the ocean carbon system has behaved in the past and how it will behave in the future? I’ll address these points with some data from studies off the Costa Rican ridge and conclude with how all this science has led us to start a business aimed at neutralizing CO2 from ocean shipping.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 11:08 AM Sandra Kirtland Turner <<a href="mailto:sandrakt@ucr.edu">sandrakt@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>The EDGE spring symposium is coming up this Friday, May 22nd in the UCR Botanic Gardens from 3-7 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Because of a few cancellations, there is still space for dinner. Please email me (<a href="mailto:sandrakt@ucr.edu" target="_blank">sandrakt@ucr.edu</a>) if you would like to attend.</div><div><br></div><div>However, even if you cannot attend the entire event, I welcome you to attend our keynote presentation with speaker <b>Will Berelson</b>, <span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Paxson H. Offield Professor in Coastal and Marine Systems and Professor of Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="arial, sans-serif">Prof. Berelson will present a talk titled </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">CaCO</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:sub">3</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold"> Dissolution Neutralizes CO</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:sub">2</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold">: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">From Science to Start-up, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center">described below</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center">:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div>I will present the path we’ve taken to re-discover the kinetic controls on CaCO3, what are the correct rates as a function of saturation state and why we think we’re correct. Many different lab and field experiments have given us confidence that this new formulation is correct, but what does it mean for how the ocean carbon system has behaved in the past and how it will behave in the future? I’ll address these points with some data from studies off the Costa Rican ridge and conclude with how all this science has led us to start a business aimed at neutralizing CO2 from ocean shipping.<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>I hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Sandy Kirtland Turner, EDGE Director </div></div>
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