Strike While the Iron Is ... Whoops, Too Late
Plan to combat warming by seeding ocean with iron runs out of funds
Posted at 3:26 PM on 14 Feb 2008
Planktos, the company that proposed fending off global warming by seeding the ocean with iron dust, has failed to get enough funding to go forward with planned tests. Under the Planktos business plan, iron fertilization would encourage phytoplankton blooms, which would suck up extra CO2, allowing the company to sell carbon offsets. But it was not to be: According to the Planktos website, "A highly effective disinformation campaign waged by anti-offset crusaders has provoked widespread opposition to plankton restoration in the environmental world." We can just see 'em, shaking their iron fists at us.sources: The New York Times, Planktos, Greenwire (access ain't free)
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