Blue Carbon Cruise(glass boat) Okinawa ＜Eco Tour＞
Overview
The cruising experience on an underwater sightseeing ship equipped with an underwater CO₂ concentration measuring device. By checking changes in the CO₂ concentration in the ocean in real time on the ship's monitor, you can experience blue carbon.
Highlights
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Important Information
・Ages: 3 to 80 years old. (Infant under 3 years old can join for free) ・Minimum number of participants: 10 ・Please register at least 30 minutes prior to the departure time. ・Please refrain from wearing heels. ・The tour may be cancelled due to inclement weather. We will not be able to compensate for the cost of transportation to the site in case of cancellation. ・If the tour is cancelled due to weather conditions, the organizer will contact you at least 1 days prior to the tour. ・Pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, and women whose safety is deemed unsafe by the organizer are not allowed to participate.
Description
【Departure time】 10:30 / 14:30 ＊Please check in at least 30 minutes prior to the departure time. 【Required Time】 1 hour
“Blue Carbon Cruise” of Marine Development, Inc. offers underwater tours of coral reefs while collecting valuable data on CO₂ in seawater. In addition, the CO₂ concentration of seawater is shown to guests in real time, allowing them to experience the absorption of blue carbon.
Corals can be broadly classified into “hard corals with hard skeletons” and “soft corals with soft skeletons". Soft corals are softer and require more nutrients from photosynthesis because their fine calcareous skeletons are held together in a discrete state. The main CO₂ absorbing sources in the sea, known as “blue carbon ecosystems,” are seaweed beds, wetlands and tidal flats, and mangrove forests. We are currently demonstrating that coral reefs, especially soft corals, are also blue carbon ecosystems that absorb CO₂.
What is Blue Carbon? ”Blue carbon” refers to carbon absorbed and stored in ecosystems such as seaweed, seagrass, and mangroves. Atmospheric CO2 taken up through photosynthesis can be sequestered and stored in the ocean for a long period of time, and is therefore attracting worldwide attention as a carbon sink that can help mitigate climate change.
However... in Japan, although CO₂ reduction by blue carbon is being promoted mainly by researchers, increasing certainty is an issue. In order to increase certainty, it is necessary to accumulate highly accurate data on CO2 concentration in seawater, which can directly measure atmospheric CO₂ absorption.
[Meeting place] In front of the Marine Tourism Development Co., Ltd. Boarding waiting area（マリン観光開発） https://maps.app.goo.gl/fd9EirMVjDQWmzvw7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy ＜By car＞ Free parking (10 cars / no reservation required). If the parking lot is full, please use coin-operated parking in the neighborhood (fee required).
