Friday, October 19, 2012

Profitable climate fixes tempt rogue geoengineers

Guardian: It was only a matter of time before somebody broke the fragile social and political consensus surrounding geoengineering, and had a first crack at "experiment Earth". The news that American businessman Russ George has dumped 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to fertilise algal blooms that absorb carbon dioxide, was received with justified indignation and outrage by campaigners and mainstream scientists. But there have been rumblings (and rumours of shadowy trials)...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/19/climate-fix-geoengineering
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/12/1/1322767916399/Geoengineering-techniques-007.jpg

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