Ocean Integrity has a patent pending on its Aquatherm Disruptor. According to CEO Kieran Kelly, it consists of a huge net pulled through deep water to create upwelling and bring as much as one million tons of colder water per minute to the surface. Photo
U.S. commercial fishing communities have seen hurricanes, coastal flooding, and severe winter storms that many scientists associate with a warming ocean. Marine plankton populations have dropped by 50% around the world, and major currents are shifting.
Kieran Kelly, CEO of Ocean Integrity, and his team believe they have developed technology that can change all that, at a profit. “It’s called the Aquatherm Distruptor,” said Kelly. “It’s a large meshless net that uses fluid dynamics to bring cold…
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