Sentences with phrase «surface ocean iron fertilization»
Olgun, N. et al. (2011) Surface ocean iron fertilization: The role of airborne volcanic ash from subduction zone and hot spot volcanoes and related iron flues into the Pacific Ocean.
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This paper considers the practicalities, opportunities and threats associated with one of the earliest proposed carbon - removal techniques: large - scale ocean fertilization, achieved by adding iron or other nutrients to surface waters.
A main indirect effect is the fertilization of ocean phytoplankton production by dust - mitigated input of iron to the ocean surface layer (6, 7).
Based on a century of ocean plankton science and the 10 international experiments on iron fertilization over the last 15 years we are confident that the scale, methods and technologies of the work we are planning will have positive impacts on all fronts, improving water quality, buffering surface water acidity, recharging the marine food chain, and safely sequestering enormous amounts of CO2 to help slow climate change.