It's been done, albeit by Mother Nature, not us. Read up on the Azolla Event, ~49 MYA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azolla_event . Massive plant bloom fueled by nutrient-rich freshwater runoff over the top layer of the entire Arctic Ocean. Took less than a million years to permanently remove 80+% of CO2 from the air. The world never went back to its former state.
Robert Kennedy, PE 1994 AAAS/ASME Congressional Fellow U.S. House Subcommittee on Space On Saturday, 31 August 2019 18:21:04 UTC-4, Nostrum AI wrote: > > How about something like this: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX_3-hTFLjM&t=26s > > Genetically optimise an oceanic plant species for carbon removal (make it > form durable hydrocarbons rather than biodegradable carbohydrates)... then > grow it in tanks on land to guard against uncontrollably contaminating the > seas? Think designer stromatolites! > > Thanks for watching. > > Best wishes, > > Nostrum > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/f12128f2-a600-437d-bbf6-c934685bf208%40googlegroups.com.
