Climate change is intensifying, and people are “panicking,” says Kristen Davis, [associate] professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth system science at University of California, Irvine. But seizing on seaweed-based carbon removal as a solution before the science is settled, she says, could cause environmental harm or distract from more surefire strategies, such as swiftly cutting emissions. “The science is not there yet to actually confirm that it’s a good idea,” Davis says.

To design the ventilators, the folks at Virgin Orbit worked with the Bridge Ventilator Consortium — a group of doctors, medical researchers, and medical device engineers that UC Irvine established to help meet the current demand for the medical equipment. Read More