Re: [geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-06-17 Thread Brian Cady
"still pristine" ocean remain the enemy of research into >> potentially planet-saving actions? >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> ---------- >> *From:* Brian Cady <brianc...@gmail.com> >> *To:* geoengineering <geoen

[geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-06-16 Thread Chris Vivian
Jeff Tollefson said: "In 2008, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity put in place a moratorium on all ocean-fertilization projects apart from small ones in coastal waters. Five years later, the London Convention on

Re[2]: [geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-06-10 Thread Franz Dietrich Oeste
-- Von: "Russell Seitz / Bright Water" <russellse...@gmail.com> An: "geoengineering" <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> Cc: briancady...@gmail.com; gh...@sbcglobal.net Gesendet: 10.06.2017 01:06:40 Betreff: Re: [geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy T

Re: [geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-06-09 Thread Russell Seitz / Bright Water
offer? Or shall the false concept > of preserving a "still pristine" ocean remain the enemy of research into > potentially planet-saving actions? > > Greg > > > > -- > *From:* Brian Cady <brianc...@gmail.com > > *To:* geoengine

Re: [geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-06-08 Thread Greg Rau
rian Cady <briancady...@gmail.com> To: geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 5:17 AM Subject: [geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy Perhaps it will help to emphasize the scale of the OIF opportunity. It takes energy t

[geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-06-08 Thread Brian Cady
Perhaps it will help to emphasize the scale of the OIF opportunity. It takes energy to fix air's carbon, and sunlight is a most sustainable energy source. Much earth-incident sunlight is already used by life on earth, but desert areas as well as High Nutrient - Low Chlorophyll ocean (HNLC)

[geo] Re: Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy

2017-05-26 Thread Russell Seitz / Bright Water
Let me repeat the essence of what I wrote in response to Jeff in Nature-- Marine corrosion results in every unprotected square meter of a steel ship's immersed surface sheding an average of 8 g/m2 or more of iron a year. The average laden vessel- a 30,000 tonne Handymax, has an immersed