HSRC's George has a long history of attempting to commercialize
such iron fertilization, most notoriously via the company known as Planktos, which went bankrupt in 2008.
Not exact matches
«There is massive uncertainty in this figure, and until much more research is done no serious scientist should express any confidence in
such estimates,» of
iron fertilization's geoengineering potential, cautions oceanographer Richard Lampitt of the National Oceanography Center in England, who also argues that more research into
such potential geoengineering techniques is needed due to the failure of global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Therefore it's my opinion that the not - so - extreme decline from April to July 2010, coupled with the higher - than - usual April value, coupled with the changes (both trend and fluctuation) in both the size of and the timing of the annual cycle, are
such that there's insufficient evidence to conclude that the Eyjafjallajökull eruption caused a noticeable change in atmospheric CO2, whether by emissions from the eruption, the lack of emissions from air traffic, or
iron fertilization of the oceans.
In addition to altering marine food webs,
iron fertilization could produce greenhouse gases more potent than carbon dioxide,
such as nitrous oxide and methane, or block sunlight needed by deep coral reefs.
The climate feedbacks involved with these changes, which are key in understanding the climate system as a whole, include: + the importance of aerosol absorption on climate + the impact of aerosol deposition which affects biology and, hence, emissions of aerosols and aerosol precursors via organic nitrogen, organic phosphorus and
iron fertilization + the importance of land use and land use changes on natural and anthropogenic aerosol sources + the SOA sources and impact on climate, with special attention on the impact human activities have on natural SOA formation In order to quantitatively answer
such questions I perform simulations of the past, present and future atmospheres, and make comparisons with measurements and remote sensing data, all of which help understand, evaluate and improve the model's parameterizations and performance, and our understanding of the Earth system.
Lately, a growing number of scientists have been advocating research to see if massive, manmade
iron fertilization of the oceans might induce
such blooms, and thus mitigate warming.