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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (36277)12/7/2012 2:43:02 PM
From: Land Shark1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 86356
 
So no one can claim that "acidification" prevents phytoplankton growth.
How do you know? I don't see anything in the artcile stating that. pH is just another factor. Phyto is adapted to grow in certain pH ranges. Deviate from that enough, the growth becomes stunted.

The problem is not as easy as just fertilizing the phyto (even if, the scale required of doing such geoengineering would be impractical.).

BTW, it's not just upwelling that brings nutrients. Fish do. They poop and pee nutrients for the phyto. 90% of pelagic fishlife has been overfished away in the oceans. Marine plankton populations die off as a result.
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