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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (222668)3/7/2005 8:31:59 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1574349
 
"And increasing research in to increasing iron in the oceans or other ways to increase phyto-plankton to take in CO2."

That has been done. The limiting factor for phytoplankton is usually iron, followed by phosphorus. Running a ship through waters, especially polar waters, dumping iron chloride or iron phosphate in its wake greatly stimulates phytoplankton bloom. This has been known for a generation or more, there have been experiments since the 1980's showing strong results.

Here is a list of papers.
csa.com

And no, capping CO2 emissions wouldn't be all that expensive if combined with measures like above. Those with the power to do something don't want to.
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