Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Green Groups Embrace Planktos Ecorestoration
Although downplayed by industrial CO2 solution providers and their policy allies, natural ocean and forest restoration is the most effective, inexpensive and urgently needed response to global warming, marine crises, and habitat collapse. Just restoring the marine plankton that human activities have killed off since 1980 can reduce atmospheric CO2 by 3-4 billion tons, more than four times the Kyoto Protocol's current inadequate target. More importantly, it will also lower ocean acidity and recharge the marine food chain for fish, birds and whales.
Let us take a closer look at the science behind seeding the ocean with iron particles, shall we?
Let us take a closer look at the science behind seeding the ocean with iron particles, shall we?
