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Kelp Sinking Carbon Removal — Depth & Martin-Curve Diagram

Interactive 2D water-column cross-section and analytic Martin-curve phase diagram of macroalgae carbon dioxide removal: grow a surface kelp raft, harvest and ballast it into sinking bundles, and watch each bundle's remaining-carbon fraction track the Martin remineralization power law in real time.

Climate, Ecology & Environment2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion simulator models the same engineered ocean carbon-dioxide-removal pathway as its 3D twin — growing fast macroalgae at the surface, then deliberately ballasting and sinking harvested biomass into the deep ocean — but renders it as a pair of linked scientific diagrams instead of a 3D scene: a depth cross-section of the water column on the left, and a live analytic Martin-curve phase plot on the right that plots every sinking bundle's exact position on the remineralization decay curve F(z)=F(z₀)·(z/z₀)^(−b). Watch the raft grow under logistic light/nutrient limits, harvest bundles descend through the bacteria-rich shallow layer, and the phase plot confirm — point by point — how much organic carbon survives to the sequestration horizon as verified CO₂ removal versus how much is respired back before it gets that deep.

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D depth cross-section and analytic Martin-curve phase plot of macroalgae carbon dioxide removal: grow a surface kelp raft, harvest it into ballasted bundles, and watch each bundle's remaining-carbon fraction track the same-time Martin remineralization power law that decides how much sinks past the sequestration horizon as verified CO2 removal versus how much decomposes back into the water column.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install