Sentences with phrase «about iron fertilization»
On the heels of my last post about iron fertilization of the ocean, I found another interesting paper on the topic.
https://climatesight.org/
But if you want to learn more about iron fertilization, we and our colleagues at Discovery have written a lot about it:
Not exact matches
Kim Stanley Robinson's wildly successful 1993 science fiction trilogy about geo - engineering and terraforming, Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, describes «the fertilization of the Antarctic Ocean with iron dust, which was to act as a dietary supplement to phytoplankton» as a cure for both global warming and dying coral reefs.
While many of the participants raised concerns about the efficacy and safety of large - scale iron fertilization, others seemed to acknowledge that the urgency of the climate crisis warranted the continuation of carefully designed experiments — pointing out that, if done appropriately, they could provide a win - win for both scientists and businesses interested in selling carbon offsets.
Most likely in response to the recent study published in Nature about oceanic iron fertilization, The Onion has an issue of American Voices about it.
Reuters says that the ACE CRC report estimates that ocean iron fertilization «would likely hit an absorption limit of about 1 billion tonnes of carbon» or about 15 % of total carbon emissions.
Those CDR techniques with the least potential: Biochar («significant doubts» about scope, effectiveness and safety - «substantial research» required to prove effectiveness) and ocean iron fertilization (not proven to be effective and «high potential for unintended and undesirable ecological side effects»).