Artificial reefs have lots of benefits. Is carbon capture one of them?

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Carbon capture is a hot topic in green energy currently. Some see the technology to remove carbon emission from the air as essential to slowing global warming (although not everyone is convinced). The Biden administration recently committed more than $1 billion dollars for carbon capture projects, including one in Texas. 

There are natural ways to capture carbon, too: Trees are good carbon sinks. The ocean’s ecosystems may also capture carbon.

Richard Kline, a professor of marine science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is studying just how much. He spoke to the Texas Standard about his research at an artificial reef off the coast of South Texas.