Bite-Size Climate Tech

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:

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 [email protected] 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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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.

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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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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!

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✨ Bite-Size Climate Tech is proudly produced by DayZero Production, hosted by Lydia Chen.

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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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✨ Let’s make climate cool again!Hosted by Lydia Chen, proudly produced by DayZero Production.

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.