Title Will ocean fertilization work?
Author Buesseler, K.O.; Boyd, P.W.
Source Science, 300(5616), p.67-68, . Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, United States. ISSN: 0036- 8075
Publication Date 2003
Notes In English Ant. Acc. No: 84235. GeoRef Acc. No: 285252
Index Terms climatic change; human activity; metals; Southern Ocean; carbon; climate change; feasibility studies; fertilization; iron; mitigation; ocean circulation
Abstract Evaluates potential effectiveness of open-ocean iron-enrichment in Southern Ocean, with particular reference to low sequestration of carbon by sinking particles carrying particulate organic carbon to deep ocean. Suggests that ocean iron fertilization may not be cheap and attractive option.
Publication Type journal article
Record ID 62005310