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Published online 28 January 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/457520b

Ocean fertilization: dead in the water?

Study casts doubt on iron-induced carbon sequestration.

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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.

    • 30 Jan, 2009
    • Posted by: Michael Hoffmann