This was recently covered on BBC radio 4 material world show. It is done by putting fertilizer and bacteria into the containment booms
The technique has been published but I'm not sure is the journal A On 9 Jun 2010 19:30, "Brennan Jorgensen" <[email protected]> wrote: Would anyone have a reference to research that demonstrates an effective means for increasing the primary production of phytoplankton for the remediation of oil-contaminated seawater? This could potentially offer a two-fold solution to both the assimilation of atmospheric CO2 while increasing phytoplankton productivity and some potential assimilation of hydrocarbons. The Gulf of Mexico, undoubtedly, is going to require decades of remediation in one form or another. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<geoengineering%[email protected]> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
