ocean iron fertilisation

Update: ocean seeding experiment underway

The controversial on-again, off-again mission of the German research vessel Polarstern is now on: the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research reports that it has begun seeding the waters around Antarctica with iron sulphate. The so-called LOHAFEX (an odd acronym: “Loha” is Hindi for “iron”, “Fex” stands for

carbon sequestration

Global warming = cure for global warming?

Quick, you have five seconds to answer: Melting ice caps and icebergs … bad or good? We’ve been hearing the answer, “Bad” (as in rising sea levels, saltwater encroaching on freshwater supplies, etc.), for some time now, but a team of UK researchers say they might have found a plus