Sentences with phrase «stimulating plankton growth»

Hamme says the team's preliminary analysis suggests that trying to stimulate plankton growth by adding iron to the water would have a minuscule effect on marine CO2 absorption.

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

In his letter, Alec Dunn suggests that pumping nutrient - rich deep ocean water to the surface would stimulate plankton growth and...

In his letter, Alec Dunn suggests that pumping nutrient - rich deep ocean water to the surface would stimulate plankton growth and hence capture atmospheric carbon (18 August, p 32).

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What the researchers found was that the increased CO2 they introduced to the test bags stimulated the growth of plankton enough to improve the survival of these tiniest of young herring.

Such solutions could include developing the possibility of stimulating growth of plankton in the oceans; not with a sporadic and half - hearted science demonstration, but instead, a determined and continuing project to accomplish one of the largest scale real solutions.

My understanding of this work is that a negative feedback loop is put into effect by the bio-available Fe providing an essential ingredient for stimulating the growth of plankton.

By stimulating a massive growth of plankton, called a bloom, Planktos claims to be able to draw millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere into the deep oceans over the next year.

«It could stimulate growth of plankton at the base of the food web, which could impact birds, fish and marine mammals higher up the food chain,» said Dr Hawkings.

Other net negative technologies in development include fertilising the ocean to stimulate the growth of plankton and machines to remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere.

Nitrogen from agricultural runoff and sewage stimulates the growth of photosynthetic plankton on the surface of coastal waters.