ocean iron and CO2

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Subject:	ocean iron and CO2
From:	Paul Taylor <>
Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:17:53 +1000

On 18/04/2011 2:48 PM, Michael Hunter wrote:

While on the subject, what happened to the theory that sprinkling enormous 
quantities of iron filings onto the surface of the sea would create a huge 
phytoplankton bloom and thus remove copious quantities of carbon dioxide from 
the atmosphere?

I was wondering the same thing, and found this Wikipedia page with thecurrent

state of play:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_fertilization

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