After that come a bunch of
ocean fertilization schemes, using phosphorous, nitrogen and iron, all of which offer something in the region of 0.1 - 0.2 W / m ².
I worked for one of the people who got
the ocean fertilization scheme going in the first place, and who was until recently Planktos» CEO.
Not exact matches
asks Russ George, chief scientist of the expedition as well as a controversial businessman with a history of attempting to start CO2 - removal
schemes ranging from reforestation to
ocean fertilization.
It is a plan for regulating geoengineering
schemes classed as solar radiation management rather than carbon dioxide removal, even though
ocean iron
fertilization experiments have generated most controversy (6, 7, 12).
Adding phosphorous to the
ocean via existing activities may have greater long - term carbon sequestration potential than iron or nitrogen
fertilization schemes.
The IPCC is expected to strongly dismiss geo - engineering
schemes and
ocean fertilization in particular in the Working group III report on mitigation this week.
However, according to Professor Rosemary Rayfuse, an expert in International Law and the Law of the Sea at the University of New South Wales, Australia, who also attended the Woods Hole meeting,
ocean fertilization projects are not currently approved under any carbon credit regulatory
scheme and the sale of offsets or credits from
ocean fertilization on the unregulated voluntary markets is basically nothing short of fraudulent.