Name
The Sea Around Us, The Science Before Us: Why the Ocean Is the Largest Lever in Climate Restoration
Date & Time
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM
Peter Fiekowsky
Description

The ocean covers seventy-one percent of our planet and has absorbed a third of every ton of CO₂ humanity has ever emitted, yet it barely figures in our climate plans. In this talk, MIT-trained physicist and Foundation for Climate Restoration founder Peter Fiekowsky makes the scientific and moral case for ocean iron fertilization as the most powerful, most affordable, and most underused tool for actually restoring a safe climate. Drawing on natural processes the Earth has been running for millions of years, Peter lays out how targeted interventions in less than one percent of the ocean's surface could sequester gigatons of CO₂, revive collapsed fisheries, and close the gap that no other climate solution can close in time. Pragmatic, rigorous, and quietly hopeful. This is a physicist's answer to the question of what comes next.

Location Name
Cortez A & B
Sessionboard ID
SESS-360