Andrew Thank you. Quite a comprehensive report. Unfortunately quite a few important points are missing in the Scientific summary.
The objective of Ocean Fertilization is to grow Diatom Algae, not just any Phytoplankton, because Diatoms sink and other plankton float on death. The report is about Ocean Fertilization but it focuses only on Iron and not on the other micro nutrients. The basic numbers are not mentioned - Anthropogenic Carbon emissions are about 10 Billion tons of Carbon per year. Total Photosynthesis is about 105 Billion tons of Carbon consumed per year. Diatom production is about 23.5 Billion tons of Carbon consumed per year. Agriculture is about 8 Billion tons of Carbon consumed per year. Pg 11 "If fertilization takes place over waters that are already low in oxygen (e.g. in the tropics ), the N2O yield could be large, with an estimated 40-70% offset of the benefits of CO2 reduction after 100 years." Cyanobacteria causes reduction in O2 level and Diatoms increase O2 level, therefore if fertilization causes growth of Diatoms the low oxygen problem and consequent N2O ( and Methane ) emission problem will be solved. Regards Bhaskar On Saturday, 21 June 2014 00:25:32 UTC+5:30, andrewjlockley wrote: > > Attached > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
