Re: [geo] Nature eifex report

So 1 tone of added Fe captures 2786 tones of C or 10,214 tones of CO2 (?) Then the issue is how much of this stays in the ocean for how long. I'll have to read the fine print. -Greg From: Mick West mailto:m...@mickwest.com>> Reply-To: "m...@mickwest.com" mailto:m...@m

Re: [geo] Nature eifex report

It says 13,000 atoms, not tonnes: "Each atom of added iron pulled at least 13,000 atoms of carbon out of the atmosphere by encouraging algal growth which, through photosynthesis, captures carbon." On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Andrew Lockley wrote: > Personally I find the claims of 13000 ton

[geo] Nature eifex report

Personally I find the claims of 13000 tonnes to 1 atom of iron somewhat difficult to comprehend! A - Nature doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11028 Dumping iron at sea does sink carbon Geoengineering hopes revived as study of iron-fertilized algal blooms shows they deposit carbon in the deep ocean w

[geo] Climate Engineering: SIWA’s Interdisciplinary Microcosm

http://www.iass-potsdam.de/index.php?id=214&L=0 Climate Engineering: SIWA’s Interdisciplinary Microcosm We are now living in the Anthropocene, an age characterized by the recognition that human activities shape the face of the Earth and the atmospheric composition, on planetary spatial scales and