Could a controversial plan to add iron to the ocean help it capture more carbon?

[Abramelin]

There has been public backlash against the controversial technique, known as ocean iron fertilisation, in the past.

Scientists want to seed the Pacific Ocean with iron to help it capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

In an article published in the journal Frontiers in Climate, they claim the controversial technique could be a low-cost, scalable and rapidly deployable way to capture carbon.

Experts from not-for-profit Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions (ExOIS) have just laid out a plan to work out how much CO2 the technique could capture and what impact it might have on marine ecosystems.

They are hoping to start trials across up to 10,000 square kilometres of ocean in the northeast Pacific as early as 2026.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/17/could-a-controversial-plan-to-add-iron-to-the-ocean-help-it-capture-more-carbon

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This one was for @Alchopwn

[Ell]

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Consequences range from the benign feeding of higher trophic levels to more harmful effects like blocking sunlight from reaching other organisms, causing a depletion of oxygen levels in the water, and, depending on the organism, secreting toxins into the water. Blooms that can injure animals or the ecology, especially those blooms where toxins are secreted by the algae, are usually called "harmful algal blooms" (HAB), and can lead to fish die-offs,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_bloom

 

Edited September 18 by Ell

[Abramelin]

31 minutes ago, Ell said:

 

That's what I showed Alchopwn some time ago.