Can Dumping Iron Into The Sea Fight Climate Change?
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Andy Clark/Reuters/Landov John Disney (second from left) looks over the underwater probe used in his company's ocean fertilization project, at a news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October. Environmental officials in Canada are investigating what some have called a "rogue climate change experiment." Over the summer, a native village on the coast of British Columbia dumped more than 100 tons of iron sulfate into the ocean. The idea was to cause a bloom of plankton, which would then capture greenhouse gases. That's the theory, anyway. The reality is a bit more complicated. The iron dumping was initiated by an organization called the Haida Salmon Restoration Corp. , a company set up by the tiny village of Old Massett. Ever since the news broke, the corporation has been on the defensive. "This project was not entered into lightly," said the company's president, John Disney, at a Vancouver news conference.
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Source Webpage: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/07/164603969/can-dumping-iron-into-the-sea-fight-climate-change?ft=1&f=1007
Climate and ocean scientists are questioning a "rogue" experiment off the Canadian coast. A native village dumped hundreds of tons of iron into the water to cause a bloom of plankton, which would then capture greenhouse gases.
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Can Dumping Iron Into The Sea Fight Climate Change?
Source Webpage: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/07/164603969/can-dumping-iron-into-the-sea-fight-climate-change?ft=1&f=1007
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