Not exact matches
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, researcher
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, researcher
carbon absorbed by plant
plankton in large segments of the Pacific Ocean is much less than previously estimated, researchers say.
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.