Will Ocean Fertilization Work?
- 4 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 300 (5616) , 67-68
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1082959
Abstract
Iron fertilization of the ocean is widely discussed as a possible strategy for extracting COfrom the atmosphere. In their Perspective, [Buesseler and Boyd][1] analyze the results from recent fertilization experiments in the Southern Ocean. They conclude that sequestration of 30% of the carbon released annually as a result of human activities would require a region more than an order of magnitude larger than the entire area of the Southern Ocean. Iron fertilization may not be a commercially attractive option if impacts on sequestration are as low as observed to date. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/300/5616/67Keywords
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