Thread by @TomSteyer

In order to have a healthy planet, you must have healthy oceans. Oceans create almost half of our oxygen and act as a natural sponge that can remove human-made emissions. That is where Benjamin Slotnick, a climate person who has dedicated his life to protecting our oceans comes into the picture. (1/4)

Benjamin began his career working in carbon capture, but concerns over the scalability of this climate solution led him to a new calling: using phytoplankton to bring the ocean’s “dead zones” back to life. Dead zones are created with an excess of nutrients, but when things like factory or agricultural runoff flow into these areas algal blooms flourish, sucking oxygen from the water and killing wildlife. (2/4)

Benjamin founded Lillianah Technologies to address this problem. By putting silicon-based phytoplankton in the water near dead zones, they compete with the existing algae and absorb carbon in the process. In short, they bring dead zones back to life. Just one of their projects in Louisiana has already removed 100 tons of carbon from the atmosphere. (3/4)

Thanks to Benjamin, future generations will be able to enjoy our world’s oceans. Learn more about their work below. (4/4) lillianah.com