National Public Radio: Environmental officials in Canada are investigating what some have called a "rogue climate change experiment." Over the summer, a native village on the coast of British Columbia dumped more than 100 tons of iron sulfate into the ocean. The idea was to cause a bloom of plankton, which would then capture greenhouse gases. That's the theory, anyway. The reality is a bit more complicated. The iron dumping was initiated by an organization called the Haida Salmon Restoration Corp., a company set...
URL: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/07/164603969/can-dumping-iron-into-the-sea-fight-climate-change?ft=1&f=1025
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