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Should We Fertilize the Ocean to Reduce Greenhouse Gases?
Volume 46, No. 1, Jan. 2008
Some 80 natural and social scientists from several countries, along with environmental advocates, business representatives, policymakers, legal experts, economists, and journalists, gathered at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on September 26-26, 2007, to discuss the pros and cons of ocean iron fertilization as a means to mediate global warming. Articles in this Oceanus summarize the wide range of issues raised at the conference.
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Should We Fertilize the Ocean to Reduce Greenhouse Gases?: Table of Contents
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To Fertilize, or Not to Fertilize
Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron
Should we add iron to the sea to help reduce greenhouse gases in the air?
Will Ocean Iron Fertilization Work?
Getting carbon into the ocean is one thing. Keeping it there is another.
What Are the Possible Side Effects?
The uncertainties and unintended consequences of manipulating ecosystems
Lessons from Nature, Models, and the Past
Other lines of evidence inform the debate on ocean iron fertilization
Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon
Profits, pollution, and politics all will play roles in ocean iron fertilization
Proposals Emerge to Transfer Excess Carbon into the Ocean
Increasing urgency about climate change has spurred schemes that may seem radical
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