Plant growth in the Southern Ocean can be fertilized with iron, soaking up carbon dioxide. But this is no panacea for the problems of global warming, says Philip Ball.
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Ball, P. Blooming marvelous. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news001012-10
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news001012-10
