Sentences with phrase «iron particles into»

But the technologies that are promoted — from spraying sulphate particles into the stratosphere, to dumping iron particles into the ocean, to stimulate carbon absorbing plankton, to burning millions of [continue reading...]

«Even the placement of iron particles into the ocean, whether for carbon sequestration or fish replenishment, should not take place, unless it is assessed and found to be legitimate scientific research without commercial motivation.

Another high - profile test — of dumping iron particles into the ocean to stimulate plankton growth — failed miserably after being disrupted by protesters.

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And while the meeting was frank about the major problems facing the planet while being relatively upbeat about solving at least some of them, one side session also showed the darker side of global deliberations with a look at some of the options being offered by intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate through geoengineering from dumping iron filings into the ocean to seeding clouds and pumping «designer particles» into the stratosphere.

Mitragotri reckons that the particles could provide a way to get drugs into the body at a more constant concentration, or substances such as iron oxide nanoparticles, which increase contrast in magnetic resonance imaging.

By growing iron atoms into incredibly small particles, Zhang increases the number of electrons they release as much as 1,000-fold.

Iron particles generated by cities and industry are being dissolved by human - made air pollution and washed into the sea — potentially increasing the amount of greenhouse gases that the world's oceans can absorb, a new study suggests.

To make the particles, each between one and five micrometers in size, researchers filled the beehive structure of synthetic silicon dioxide with semiconductive silicon the same way a blacksmith would pour molten metal into a cast iron mold.

The macrophages take up iron particles injected into a patient's bloodstream and then migrate toward sites of inflammation.

Ousted from the company he founded after his particle — capable of reducing things to a fraction of their original size — was deemed too dangerous for mass consumption, Hank needs a skilled but expendable stooge to break into his old lab and steal the research from his evil protégé, Darren Cross (Corey Stoll, essentially channelling Jeff Bridges's bald villain from Iron Man).

Spreading iron throughout the ocean to promote growth of carbon - sucking plankton, launching heat - protecting shields into orbit and adding sun - reflective particles to the atmosphere are a few solutions that have been floated.

The research was conducted in the UK; The scientists started by measuring how much air pollution go into a certain number of houses in Lancaster using dust monitoring devices and by swiping surfaces and then analyzing what was collected with magnetic remanence, a technique that provides information on concentrations of iron - bearing particles.