50-100X cheaper than Direct Air Capture, targeting ocean carbon.
Lillianah has the opportunity to develop hundreds of projects.
Hundreds of projects could mean removing over 2 billion tons of CO2e annually.
The Problem
Carbon removal is too expensive
Current carbon removal technologies cannot meet demand nor offset enough of our global emissions. Without a plan, the future is bleak.
Humans are emitting carbon so fast our planet cannot keep up. We are unintentionally causing environmental change. We are disrupting water quality and marine ecosystems significantly.
If left unaddressed, these impacted ecosystems will grow and damage will become more permanent.
Our approach
Buoy spatial data and dissolved oxygen data
Providing continuous location data through satellite signals and enhancing the spatial context of dissolved oxygen measurements.
Displays dissolved oxygen levels, allowing for a dynamic analysis of the complementary changes between oxygen levels and GPS coordinates.
The Solution
Our technology
Our cost-effective technology provides carbon removal solutions at a fraction of the
cost (50X-100X less) compared to Direct Air Capture, emphasizing a primary focus on addressing carbon in Earth's oceans.
Our meticulously crafted technological and scientific process, entirely developed in-house, has several distinct stages, each one crucial to our success.
The Solution
Our technology
Our cost-effective technology provides carbon removal solutions at a fraction of the
cost (50X-100X less) compared to Direct Air Capture, emphasizing a primary focus on addressing carbon in Earth's oceans.
Our meticulously crafted technological and scientific process, entirely developed in-house, comprises several distinct stages, each crucial to our success.
Our approach involves cultivating specific diatom varieties in self-manufactured, proprietary photobioreactors.
We release our selected diatoms into polluted nearshore marine environments. This proprietary method competitively advantages our diatoms over harmful algae, rapidly extracting excess nutrients from the water and mitigating ecological issues like dead zones.
Marine sediment generated during this process allows for carbon geological storage, supported by scientific literature.
Pioneering healthful, sustainable solutions for a brighter tomorrow
Step into our innovation realm, where our commitment to cutting-edge solutions is evident. We aim to redefine environmental standards and making a lasting impact with a relentless pursuit of sustainability.
Outcomes
Our innovative solution restores balance and biodiversity in fragile marine ecosystems by re-establishing the natural phytoplankton food web. Our approach is supported by peer-reviewed literature on the effectiveness of marine sedimentation for carbon removal.
fisheries
Combating overfishing by boosting fish
populations.
Reversing the course of decades of runoff
and hypoxia.
with regulators
Working with relevant local, state, and
federal entities at every step.
with nature
Enhancing the ecology of organisms
Our Projects
Ongoing ventures showcase
Lillianah addresses environmental problems in the local bays, estuaries, and nearshore marine waters by working and collaborating with local stakeholders like fishermen. Our dispersals involving native, healthy diatoms supplemented with silica-rich materials enables such work to be carried out effectively. Coastal and nearshore marine issues will be tackled by curbing excess river runoff and affiliated carbon dioxide removal. Our long-term goal is to have Louisiana become an ideal work hub for our eco-solutions.
Lillianah establishes the effectiveness of our technology while addressing environmental problems in the local bays, estuaries, and nearshore marine waters by working and collaborating with local stakeholders. Our dispersals involving native, healthy diatoms supplemented with silica-rich materials, focuses on bodies of water impacted by a loss of marine life. These projects will allow us to optimize our future technological development and approach. Nova Scotia will become the research and developmental hub of our company.
Lillianah aims to globally enhance nearshore marine regions by reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide, addressing significant environmental challenges. We prioritize safety and efficacy, ensuring positive environmental shifts through our vigilant and accountable approach. Ultimately, our oceans will thrive due to our efforts.
What we do
Explore how we monitor and verify
We offer a one-shop stop to measuring, reporting, and verifying everything we do in the oceans. To do this requires a 5-step integrated approach that is reliable.
Direct
measurements
Robust
Data-rich and shareable
Grounded in the latest science
Modular and scalable
How much CDR occurs in surface waters?
-Carbon dioxide is challenging to measurement directly in the ocean (because it has three dissolved forms)
-But photosynthesis produces oxygen for every carbon dioxide molecule consumed
-Dissolved oxygen is fast, cheap and easy to measure
-Drifting sensor arrays (and eventually autonomous vehicles or fixed infrastructure) deployed to measure photosynthesis – and so CDR – over time and space
How much Organic Carbon is consumed in the water column
- Phytoplankton become lunch for several other groups of organisms in the ocean, but, like us, these consumers ‘breathe’ in oxygen
- We can use the same oxygen sensors to ‘reverse’ to measure oxygen consumption, which is directly related to consumption and respiration of carbon
- This basic technique was developed almost 70 years ago, but is particularly effective and comparatively easy using new technology
- Our oxygen measurements also allow us to track the size and severity of Dead Zones
How much carbon reaches sediments
-The difference between these surface and water column measurements equals the flux of carbon to sediments; however, to be even more accurate and conservative, we also directly measure this flux using ‘sediment traps’ and optical sensors (cameras or light beams)
-The latter approach allow us to actually see and count pieces (particles) or carbon sinking in the ocean. These are also rich automated data streams that can be shared and verified
-Combining all of these approaches is state of the art, gives us direct visual confirmation of CDR, and is superior to the use of indirect measurements or modeling of CDR
How much carbon is consumed in sediments
-Accumulation of phytoplankton carbon in sediments equals to carbon removed from surface, ocean and atmosphere.
-We know that this can reach high levels, as one can collect marine sediments and literally see the carbon that is present there. Some of this carbon can be thousands to millions of years old.
-However, some carbon will be consumed by (micro)organisms living on and in the ocean floor; their activity should be comparatively slow and they will ‘eat’ preferred forms of carbon.
-We will quantify this using ‘decay curves,’ where we measure consumption of carbon over time, and which has become common practice in some other CDR approaches (e.g., biomass burial).
Any co-benefits or drawbacks
- It is important to note that we are specifically working in severely impacted areas – polluted Dead Zones - rather than in pristine open ocean areas. Overfishing and massive oil and gas extraction can also occur in the areas we work, which means there are already large greenhouse gas fluxes and heavily altered ecosystems in the locations we prefer to work.
- Based on our decades of research, we expect that nitrous oxide production may decrease and will verify this.
- We also have extensive experience in environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis of overall biodiversity, and expect no negative effect on diversity
How much CDR occurs in surface waters?
-Carbon dioxide is challenging to measurement directly in the ocean (because it has three dissolved forms)
-But photosynthesis produces oxygen for every carbon dioxide molecule consumed.
-Dissolved oxygen is fast, cheap and easy to measure
-Drifting sensor arrays (and eventually autonomous vehicles or fixed infrastructure) deployed to measure photosynthesis – and so CDR – over time and space.
How much Organic Carbon is consumed in the water column
Phytoplankton are consumed by ocean organisms that, like us, require oxygen.
Oxygen sensors are reversed to measure carbon consumption accurately.
This technique, over 70 years old, is now easier with modern technology.
Oxygen measurements help monitor Dead Zone severity and size.
How much carbon reaches sediments
Combining surface and water column measurements with direct techniques like 'sediment traps' and optical sensors provides a state-of-the-art approach to visually confirm Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). This method, counting sinking carbon particles, surpasses the reliability of indirect measurements or modeling for CDR.
How much carbon is consumed in sediments
Phytoplankton carbon in sediments signals carbon removal from the surface ocean/atmosphere, potentially containing ancient carbon. Some of this carbon is consumed by ocean floor organisms, and we quantify their slow, selective activity using decay curves. This method, akin to biomass burial in other Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) approaches, allows us to measure carbon consumption over time.
Any co-benefits or drawbacks
We work in heavily impacted areas like Dead Zones with overfishing and oil extraction, causing altered ecosystems and significant greenhouse gas fluxes. Our research expects a decrease in nitrous oxide production, to be verified, and our eDNA analysis indicates no adverse effects on overall biodiversity.
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