The Plan to Fertilize the Ocean With IRON

One day my marine biology professor had us all read a paper proposing the idea of fertilizing the ocean using iron to create phytoplankton blooms to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to combat climate change. While initially quite a preposterous proposal, the science behind this goal may be enough to convince you otherwise.


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https://www.academia.edu/12496688/The...

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https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a6b9...

"Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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