Patent ID: 8535107

Claim:
An apparatus for validating sequestration of carbon below the 100-Year Horizon of an ocean and issuing a monetizable or tradeable carbon sequestration certificate having a denomination based on the mass of carbon sequestered therebelow, which comprises: a) a spar buoy or network of spar buoys, each spar buoy with vertically elongate hollow body having a first end with superstructure and a second end with ballast mass, said hollow body having an upper fixed displacement volume (V 1 ) and a lower variable displacement volume (V 2 ); b) a horizontally disposed spaceframe suspended from said spar buoy or network of spar buoys at a depth at or below the 100-Year Horizon of said ocean; c) an immersible analytical apparatus mounted on said spaceframe for measuring sedimentary deadfall data as an index of flux of sequestered carbon descending below the 100-Year Horizon of said ocean; d) a surface boom for enclosing a surface area of said ocean associated with said spar buoy or network of spar buoys; e) a composition dispersed within said enclosed surface area, said composition comprising an inorganic nutrient formulation in an inorganic, sustained-release matrix, said composition having a net aggregate positive buoyancy; and f) a computer-implemented system operatively connected to said analytical apparatus and configured for integrating and reporting flux of sequestered carbon descending below the 100-Year Horizon per unit time and issuing one or more monetizable or tradable certificates, wherein each certificate has a denomination equivalent to a validated amount of sequestered carbon as CO 2 in the sedimentary deadfall descended from said enclosed surface area to below the 100-Year Horizon of said ocean.