Sentences with phrase «iron fertilization over»

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.

Not exact matches

Following the SOFeX iron - fertilization experiment in the Southern Ocean, deep - diving Carbon Explorer floats continuously collected data for over a year, straight through the Antarctic winter.

We carried out a number of DCESS model simulations over the last three glacial cycles using the dust radiative and / or iron fertilization forcings shown in Fig. 4 and Fig.

We also made combined radiative and iron fertilization forcing simulations over the last three glacial cycles (Figs.

Comparison with data and data - based reconstructions over the last glacial cycle of a model simulation for combined dust radiative and iron fertilization forcing.

While controlled iron fertilization experiments have shown an increase in phytoplankton growth, and a temporary increase in drawdown of atmospheric CO2, it is uncertain whether this would increase carbon transfer into the deep ocean over the longer - term.