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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (36358)	12/10/2012 5:53:14 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86356

Exactly... just a patch of the globe, relatively small. Again, you're (deliberately?) the point. The assertion that acidifying oceans is preventing phytoplankton fromo growing is NULLIFIED BY THE FACT that Volcanic ash results in very large, even if localized, phytoplankton blooms. If the assertion you're spewing was correct, it would not matter how much Iron was deposited into the oceans. The theory you're espousing would preclude those algae from growing due to acidified water. Since THEY DO GROW when Iron is added, acidification, by default, can be eliminated as a cause of phytoplankton depletion. You wouldn't be feeling well, either, if we upped your temperature, dropped yer pH, and changed your blood sodium in either direction, even if we gave you a shot of iron. Good thing you're not my doctor. Because you're describing symptoms and completely ignoring the cause of the disease. Again (and again).. I have told you that Phytoplankton will consume as much CO2 as their supply of other nutrients, sunlight, water, and proper temperatures, permit. If ANY of those elements is lacking, they will not flourish. And the primary element that they have lacked is Iron. Natural supplies of Iron being deposited into the oceans are insufficient, or diminishing. Therefore, it falls to mankind to provide what nature is unable to provide. Furthermore, oceanographers realise that the amount of seeding has to be carefully controlled. Too large a bloom of phytoplankton may cause releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and dimethyl sulfide (DMS), which would not be desirable. OF COURSE IT HAS TO BE CONTROLLED.. Never said that it didn't. We want the most bang for the buck. But the idiotic AGWs crowd are completely against such experiments. Look at the reaction to the Iron fertilization that was understaken by the Tribe in British Columbia? You can't collect the data until you perform the experiments and tweak the controls for optimal effficiency. Hawk