Washington Post: As carbon emissions keep rising each year, with no end in sight, scientists have begun dreaming up all sorts of zany geoengineering schemes for slowing down the rate at which the planet`s heating up. Artificial volcanoes to cool the air! Giant mirrors in space to deflect sunlight! Fertilizing the ocean with iron to mop up that carbon! As it turns out, that last idea might actually work. A team of researchers has published a new study in Nature showing that, under the right conditions, it`s possible...
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/19/could-plankton-help-us-tackle-climate-change/
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