Sentences with phrase «if ocean iron fertilization»

Or what if ocean iron fertilization really can sequester massive amounts of carbon?

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During her half - hour of interaction with the class, McNutt said, students asked questions ranging from the feasibility of the OTEC, or Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion — a strategy for harvesting energy from the oceans — to whether deforestation in Africa «might actually have a silver lining if it leads to ocean iron fertilization.&rOcean Thermal Energy Conversion — a strategy for harvesting energy from the oceans — to whether deforestation in Africa «might actually have a silver lining if it leads to ocean iron fertilization.&rocean iron fertilization.»

If I did, I'd drop $ 200 million on Bussard (I'm sure he'd enjoy that); $ 200 million on kickstarting a vertical farming industry, the same on ocean iron - fertilization studies, another chunk on developing an agrichar infrastructure, and the rest on various projects that can't get funding because they have a low probability of success, but massive payoff if they do worIf I did, I'd drop $ 200 million on Bussard (I'm sure he'd enjoy that); $ 200 million on kickstarting a vertical farming industry, the same on ocean iron - fertilization studies, another chunk on developing an agrichar infrastructure, and the rest on various projects that can't get funding because they have a low probability of success, but massive payoff if they do worif they do work.

As researchers concluded in a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, ocean iron fertilization can only prove successful as a climate geoengineering approach if, in addition to phytoplankton bloom stimulation, «a proportion of the particulate organic carbon (POC) produced must sink down the water column and reach the main thermocline or deeper before being remineralized... and the third phase is long - term sequestration of the carbon at depth out of contact with the atmosphere.»

But the change in carbon chemistry of the ocean and ultimately the atmosphere need to be transparently documented, also, if we are to trade carbon offsets based on iron fertilization.

Shown are (A) dust radiative forcing (RF) anomaly relative to preindustrial and (B) iron fertilization parameter (IF) for ocean new production in the DCESS model (41) high - latitude zone.

Lately, a growing number of scientists have been advocating research to see if massive, manmade iron fertilization of the oceans might induce such blooms, and thus mitigate warming.