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Published online 28 January 2009 | Nature 457, 520-521 (2009) | doi:10.1038/457520b
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Ocean fertilization: dead in the water?
Study casts doubt on iron-induced carbon sequestration.
The theory that adding iron to the oceans can help suck up atmospheric carbon dioxide cheaply and efficiently has received a further blow. A study1 published in this week's issue of Nature (see page 577.
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This pretty reads like other approaches in history, where a who-ever people thinks that by adding one thing to an ecosystem you can simply remove the other thing. It has never been that easy.