What if cleaning CO₂ from the atmosphere could be as efficient as charging a battery? In this bite-sized episode, we dive into a breakthrough that does exactly that.
We're talking with Dr. Silvia Pugliese, co-founder and CTO of Norma, about her company's revolutionary approach to Direct Air Capture (DAC). Forget energy-intensive, massive plants. Norma is using supercapacitors—the same tech that powers quick acceleration in electric buses—to create a system that captures carbon and reuses the energy to keep going.
In this 10-minute episode, you'll discover: How Norma's "supercapacitive direct air capture" works (think of a magic, self-recharging CO₂ vacuum).
This isn't just another carbon capture idea; it's a fundamentally new way to think about cleaning our atmosphere, making it more efficient and scalable.
This might be our most unexpected story yet — where science meets art.
Lydia meets Billie Ireland, an ecological artist using biochar — carbon made from organic material heated without oxygen — to create striking paper and rose sculptures.
Hear how the same process that locks carbon underground can create beauty above it, why pyrolysis doesn’t burn, and what this says about life, death, and transformation.
🌍 Episode 8 of Bite-Size Climate Tech S4 | Related: The Power of Biochar (Innovation Zero, S2E16)
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I sit down with Dr. Grace Andrews to explore Ocean Soup — the idea that adding minerals to the ocean is like adding ingredients to a recipe. Done right, it raises alkalinity, pulls CO₂ from the air back into the sea, and keeps our climate in balance. Done wrong… it’s like adding too much salt.
Grace explains:
🌊 Ocean alkalinity enhancement and “the recipe” for safe CO₂ removal
🧪 Why measuring alkalinity and trace elements matters (MRV & EMRV)
🥄 How even hard science can feel relatable when explained through cooking
🌱 A sentence of hope about why this work matters
This conversation reminded me of my favourite moment in a meal — a perfectly cooked soup — and how the ocean, like that, is part of life itself. Balanced, nourishing, alive.
Recorded ahead of NY Climate Week, with shout-outs to Grace Andrews, Hourglass Climate, [C]Worthy, and Dr. Alicia K. for hosting and driving the ocean CDR conversation. Cheering you all from afar 💚
▶️ Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWk-fagdkKk
#OceanCDR #Alkalinity #ClimateTech #MakeClimateCoolAgain
Lucie Semenec (New Era Bio) shares how microbes can brew fossil-free dyes — scaling colour production that’s fast, eco-friendly, and full of imagination.
She explains it for adults, and then “for an 8-year-old”: little invisible friends making colours, just like in Inside Out.
A short but hopeful conversation about curiosity, science, and why the answers to big problems are often hidden in the smallest places.
In this short and fun episode, I speak with Noamaan Siddiqi, CEO & CTO of Bristol Superlight, about two key concepts powering electric trucks:
Tune in for a playful yet insightful look at how trucks are learning to see, decide and drive — and why that matters for the future of climate tech.
Bristol Superlight is reinventing trucks with aerospace-inspired design and digital controls, and was recently recognised in Tech Nation Climate 2025’s cohort.
Who says climate tech is boring? 🚛⚡
Tune in for a playful yet insightful look at how trucks are learning to see, decide and drive — and why that matters for the future of climate tech.
✨ Subscribe for more 5-min chats with scientists and engineers making climate tech real.🎧 Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02aADu5pkKjlVFGTxUNT5W?si=374470c4e2f840f9New merch available to make your climate positive statement with us!Shop here: https://bitesize-climatetech.myshopify.com/products/lets-make-climate-cool-again-minimalist-t-shirt-summer-edition#ClimateTech #ElectricTrucks #BiteSizeClimateTech🌟 Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know what you think and what you’d like to see in future episodes. Your support means the world to us as we continue our journey to bring positive changes through climate technology.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bite-Size Climate Tech is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With each episode, we'll take a deep dive into intriguing subjects within the climate tech space, offering you just enough understanding to pique your interest. The goal is about sparking conversations, making climate tech cool and a go-to topic for anyone and everyone.Write to lydia@lydiaclinzi.comAll Rights Reserved DayZero Production Limited
If your friend swam into an underwater cave to find Nemo 🐠, could you still talk to them?
With the tech behind Ocean Information Services (OIS), you could.
In this episode, founder & CEO Brendan Hyland explains how OIS’s AIIS (Artificial Intelligence Information Services) platform uses advanced magnetic wave communication—similar in principle to the NFC in your smartphone—to transfer data tens of meters through water and even across the water–air boundary.
This breakthrough is more than just clever comms: it underpins OIS’s digital twin solutions for real-time subsea monitoring, powering applications in offshore wind, marine infrastructure, and climate resilience.
We talk about:
🌊 How magnetic wave tech works (and why it’s different from traditional short-range systems)
📱 NFC in your phone and its underwater twist
🐠 The Nemo cave analogy you won’t forget
🌍 How OIS is helping make our oceans smarter
Note: Recorded on 6 May 2025 while Phil was Chief Science & Commercial Officer at Deep Sky. He has since left the company.
Phil unpacks how injecting CO₂ into reactive rock locks it away forever, what it takes to fund this at billion-dollar scale. In this bite-size episode we dive into in-situ mineralization—the “Medusa move” that turns captured CO₂ into rock right underground.
Stick around for his lightning-round answers and one-sentence hope for the planet.
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EU regulations are changing—synthetic absorbent polymers will be banned in soils from 2028. What’s next? Enter A&B Smart Materials, pioneers of biodegradable, bio-based SAPs.
In this episode from Innovation Zero, Amaury van Trappen de Buggenoms showcases SAPs’ powerful ability to absorb water like thirsty dinosaurs, forming a sustainable jelly that boosts soil resilience and eliminates harmful microplastics.
We chat about Amaury’s passion for climate innovation, test SAPs live, and share a hopeful vision for the future. And yes—there's a hidden surprise at 7:23! 🌿
🚀 Welcome to Season 4! In our opening episode, physicist-turned-oceanographer **Allan Adams** (Founder & CEO, Aquatic Labs) explains how ultra-low-power “sensor fusion” platforms can watch seawater chemistry in real time—unlocking scalable, verifiable ocean carbon-removal.🌐 **Guest links** • Aquatic Labs – https://www.aquatic-labs.com/• Allan on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-adams/• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Adams🎧 Follow us on YT
https://youtu.be/n_NslCRuMbM🙏 **Support the show** If you love bite-size interviews that de-jargon climate tech, back our Season 4 Kickstarter (animated shorts with CLI!): https://kck.st/43numng#ClimateTech #OceanCDR #SensorFusion #CarbonRemoval #BiteSizeClimateTech🌟 Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know what you think and what you’d like to see in future episodes. Your support means the world to us as we continue our journey to bring positive changes through climate technology.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bite-Size Climate Tech is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With each episode, we'll take a deep dive into intriguing subjects within the climate tech space, offering you just enough understanding to pique your interest. The goal is about sparking conversations, making climate tech cool and a go-to topic for anyone and everyone.Write to lydia@lydiaclinzi.comAll Rights Reserved DayZero Production Limited
Help us make climate tech fun, accessible, and hopeful—one bite-sized episode at a time.👉 Back Our Kickstarter Here: http://kck.st/43numngHi, I’m Lydia—host of Bite-Size Climate Tech, the podcast breaking down climate solutions into 5-minute stories for curious minds (and 8-year-olds!).Why This Campaign Matters:✅ Season 4 will feature animated shorts, global stories, and YOUR voice in our new Open Mic segment.✅ We’re 100% community-funded—no ads, no corporate sponsors. Just people who believe climate tech should be for everyone.✅ Your support unlocks: Exclusive merch, early episode access, and a chance to co-create the podcast.In This Video, You’ll Learn:00:00 - Why I started a podcast for climate newbies02:42 - The “explain it to a kid” challenge (with hilarious results)04:50 - Milestones on this journey!05:35 - How YOU can shape the future of climate storytelling🔥 Join the Movement:1️⃣ Back our Kickstarter: http://kck.st/43numng2️⃣ Subscribe for more bite-sized climate hope.3️⃣ Share this video with someone who’d geek out over climate tech.Stay Connected:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech/?hl=en💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/bite-size-climate-tech/?viewAsMember=true🎧 Listen to the Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/02aADu5pkKjlVFGTxUNT5W?si=cd7b604ef6c342c5#ClimateTech #Kickstarter #Crowdfunding #Podcast #ClimateAction #Sustainability #MakeClimateCoolP.S. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by climate jargon, this is your invite to change the narrative. Let’s go! 🌱🌟 Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know what you think and what you’d like to see in future episodes. Your support means the world to us as we continue our journey to bring positive changes through climate technology.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bite-Size Climate Tech is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With each episode, we'll take a deep dive into intriguing subjects within the climate tech space, offering you just enough understanding to pique your interest. The goal is about sparking conversations, making climate tech cool and a go-to topic for anyone and everyone.Write to lydia@lydiaclinzi.comAll Rights Reserved DayZero Production Limited
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, we dive into the world of pH Swing Carbon Capture with Deóis Ua Cearnaigh, CTO of Aeon Blue. This clever process uses acidity shifts to absorb and later release CO₂ from seawater, making it a promising tool for scaling marine carbon removal.
But let’s make it simple: imagine baking bread. Just like you need both sour (yogurt) and bitter (baking soda) for balance, pH Swing relies on acidity shifts to capture CO₂ effectively.
🔬 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
✔️ What pH Swing is and why it matters for carbon removal.
✔️ How Aeon Blue is applying this method to capture CO₂ from seawater.
✔️ Why shifting acidity levels is key to making this process work.
✔️ A fun baking analogy that simplifies the science!
This episode is packed with insights, real-world applications, and creative explanations—so tune in and let’s make climate tech accessible to all!
📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j0z1zGHEdiU
🛒 Support the podcast & grab some merch:https://bitesize-climatetech.myshopify.com/
✨ Bite-Size Climate Tech is proudly produced by DayZero Production, hosted by Lydia Chen.
#ClimateTech #CarbonCapture #pHSwing #AeonBlue #CO2Removal #BiteSizeClimateTech #Innovation #Sustainability
In this episode, I chat with Elliot Chang, Head of Partnerships at Lithos, about how Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) captures carbon and how researchers measure its success over time.
🔍 What’s the treasure hunt of CO₂ tracking?
🌱 How do soil samples tell a carbon story?
🕵️♂️ What’s the role of “sticky elements” in tracking CO₂ movement?
Elliot breaks down how MRV (Measurement, Reporting & Verification) is the backbone of scalable carbon removal, and we even use Nifflers from Fantastic Beasts to explain how scientists track “shiny” data!
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In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Chris Graves, CEO and Co-founder of Noon Energy, shares how their groundbreaking carbon-based energy storage technology is transforming renewable energy storage. Inspired by NASA’s Mars missions, Noon Energy’s solution could revolutionize how we store intermittent energy and help us achieve a carbon-neutral world.
🔍 What’s inside:
Join us for an insightful and engaging conversation recorded at NYC Climate Week’s Emerson Collective Science Affair. 🌱
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✨ Let’s make climate cool again!
Hosted by Lydia Chen, proudly produced by DayZero Production.
🚗 In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, Marco Möller, Co-founder and CEO of PIONIX, explains how their open-source software, is making EV charging smarter, more accessible, and reliable.
🌍 Their product acts as a universal translator between EVs and charging stations, ensuring seamless compatibility across all platforms. Marco also discusses the importance of open-source solutions in standardizing EV charging infrastructure and supporting global electrification efforts.
🎙️ Tune in to learn how PIONIX is accelerating the future of electric mobility!
https://www.pionix.com/
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#EVCharging #ClimateTech #OpenSource #Sustainability #Innovation
In this episode, Marc Hernandez Folguera, Co-founder and CTO of Planboo, shares how their IoT-enabled digital MRV system ensures automated, precise tracking for biochar projects. Using a fun analogy of toy cars signaling a garage to open, Marc explains how IoT technology is paving the way for scalable carbon removal.
learn more about Planboo: https://planboo.eco/
#CarbonRemoval #Biochar #IoT #dMRV #ClimateTech #Sustainability #Planboo
What if we could replace fossil-based products with sustainable green alternatives? In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I’m joined by Koji Muto, Co-founder and CEO of Ki Hydrogen, to explore the concept of green molecules. Using LEGO as an analogy, Koji breaks down how many of the products we use today are made from long chains of hydrocarbons derived from fossil fuels—and how we can transition to sustainable, green replacements. This live recording from our Season 3 Launch Event in Malmö, Sweden, is packed with insights into how rethinking the molecular building blocks of our products can pave the way for a greener future. 🌍 Learn more about https://www.ki-hydrogen.com/ 🛒 Support the podcast: Check out our merch and say "Let’s Make Climate Cool Again." 🌱 https://bitesize-climatetech.myshopify.com/collections/all #GreenMolecules #ClimateTech #Sustainability #Innovation #Hydrocarbons #KiHydrogen 🌟 Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know what you think and what you’d like to see in future episodes. Your support means the world to us as we continue our journey to bring positive changes through climate technology. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bite-Size Climate Tech is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With each episode, we'll take a deep dive into intriguing subjects within the climate tech space, offering you just enough understanding to pique your interest. The goal is about sparking conversations, making climate tech cool and a go-to topic for anyone and everyone. Write to lydia@lydiaclinzi.com All Rights Reserved DayZero Production Limited
In this live episode from the Season 3 Launch Event at Minc in Malmö, Saurabh Tak returns to Bite-Size Climate Tech to explain nature co-design. Using the dazzling example of butterfly wings, he shares how materials and processes can be inspired by nature’s brilliance to create sustainable innovations. 🌱✨
#NatureCoDesign #ClimateTech #LiveRecording #Sustainability #DeepTech
Learn More about Saurabh Tak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhtak/
Season 3 of Bite-Size Climate Tech kicked off at The Drop conference in Malmö, Sweden! Held on the final day of a 3-day event, the launch reflected the early stages of climate tech—messy, imperfect, but full of energy and hope for the future.Big thanks to the amazing people who supported and presented at the event:
✨ Koji Muto, Co-founder and CEO of Ki Hydrogen
✨ Marc Hernandez Folguera, Co-founder and CTO of Planboo
✨ Marco Moller, CEO of Pionix
✨ Saurabh Tak, Deep Tech Investor
Watch this 2-minute recap of the highlights, from interactive open mic sessions to inspiring conversations that push forward the boundaries of climate tech.
🌟 Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know what you think and what you’d like to see in future episodes. Your support means the world to us as we continue our journey to bring positive changes through climate technology. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bite-Size Climate Tech is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With each episode, we'll take a deep dive into intriguing subjects within the climate tech space, offering you just enough understanding to pique your interest. The goal is about sparking conversations, making climate tech cool and a go-to topic for anyone and everyone. Write to lydia@lydiaclinzi.com All Rights Reserved DayZero Production Limited
In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I sit down with Patrik Möller, CEO of CorPower Ocean, at the DROP conference to explore their innovative wave energy technology. 🌊⚡
CorPower is developing a way to harness ocean waves to generate clean, renewable energy, offering a sustainable solution to help power the planet.Since our conversation, CorPower Ocean announced a successful EUR 32 million Series B1 funding round to accelerate commercialization—an exciting step forward for the future of wave energy! Join us as we dive into the potential of wave power, the technology behind it, and how CorPower is leading this transformative approach to renewable energy.
👉 Learn more about CorPower Ocean: https://corpowerocean.com/
#waveenergy #RenewableEnergy#climatetech #oceanenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy #energyinnovation #futureofenergy #climateaction
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In this episode of Bite-Size Climate Tech, I chat down with Deniz, the CEO of Betta Fish, to talk about their revolutionary plant-based tuna made from seaweed! 🌊🌱 Designed to look and taste like real tuna, this eco-friendly alternative is already available in supermarkets, making sustainable choices more accessible to everyone. We discuss the journey behind creating this product, how it supports healthier oceans, and its potential to reduce pressure on marine ecosystems. If you’re curious about the future of sustainable seafood, don’t miss this episode! 👉 Learn more about Betta Fish: https://bettafish.co/en/about #ClimateTech #SustainableSeafood #PlantBased #OceanConservation #BiteSizeClimateTech 🌟 Subscribe, like, and comment to let us know what you think and what you’d like to see in future episodes. Your support means the world to us as we continue our journey to bring positive changes through climate technology. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bite_size_climatetech --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bite-Size Climate Tech is your go-to source for easy-to-digest content on the latest and most cutting-edge climate technology and topics of the day. With each episode, we'll take a deep dive into intriguing subjects within the climate tech space, offering you just enough understanding to pique your interest. The goal is about sparking conversations, making climate tech cool and a go-to topic for anyone and everyone. Write to lydia@lydiaclinzi.com All Rights Reserved DayZero Production Limited