Sentences with phrase «plankton absorb carbon»

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For example, they may help researchers understand the full — and perhaps changing — potential for the plankton ecosystem to act as a sink to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

This is a blow to some supporters of geo - engineering, who have suggested that one way to tackle climate change is large - scale seeding of the oceans with iron to stimulate plankton to absorb more carbon dioxide.

Along with a boosted catch, a second hoped - for payoff was the sale of carbon credits on international markets aimed at offsetting greenhouse gas pollution by financing projects that absorb heat - trapping carbon dioxide — typically by planting trees but in this case through spurring plankton growth.

The amount of carbon dioxide the plankton absorbs will be the same whether the plankton bloom is generated through iron seeding or from more «natural» occurrences.

We could try to fertilize the ocean with iron to promote the growth of plankton, which absorb carbon dioxide.

[IRON STRESSED] PLANKTON FOUND TO ABSORB LESS CARBON DIOXIDE, BBC, 08/30/06 The amount of carbon absorbed by plant plankton in large segments of the Pacific Ocean is much less than previously estimated, researcherCARBON DIOXIDE, BBC, 08/30/06 The amount of carbon absorbed by plant plankton in large segments of the Pacific Ocean is much less than previously estimated, researchercarbon absorbed by plant plankton in large segments of the Pacific Ocean is much less than previously estimated, researchers say.

Nature finds its own balances such as increased phyto plankton, increased sea surface, the carbon absorbing treeline limit moving to higher latitudes bringing more CO2 absorbing trees into the game, increased rainfall etc..

Sharks sit atop the nautical food chain and subsist on midlevel ocean life, which in turn feeds on plankton, whose biological processes absorb carbon dioxide.

The test «will show how plankton reacts to the addition of iron, what quantity of phytoplankton forms, how much CO2 is fixed - absorbed -, what percentage of carbon remains in the system, and how much carbon is sunk in the depths of the ocean,» Bathmann explained to Tierramà © rica.

One idea for absorbing CO2 involves seeding the oceans with iron to spur plankton blooms, which inhale large amounts of carbon and then die, pulling the gas to the bottom of the sea.

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...]