Rogue Geoengineer Dumps Tons of Iron in Pacific

October 18, 2012 from Newsy

An American entrepreneur dumped 100 tons of iron dust in the Pacific Ocean in what marine scientists are calling an irresponsible experiment. Rogue geoengineer Russ George says the project, which broke at least two international treaties, spawned a huge plankton bloom that will absorb carbon dioxide.

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Climate change

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east. At 165.25 million square kilometres in area, this largest div... Explore this topic

Global warming

Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century, Earth's mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C, with about two-thirds of the increas... Explore this topic

Carbon dioxide

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Ocean

An ocean is a body of saline water that composes a large part of a planet's hydrosphere. In the context of Earth, it refers to one or all of the major divisions of the planet's World Ocean – they are, in descending order of area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Ar... Explore this topic

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and... Explore this topic

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true. Salmon live ... Explore this topic

British Columbia

Britų Kolumbija – provincija Kanados vakaruose, prie Ramiojo vandenyno. Rytuose ribojasi su Alberta, šiaurės rytuose – su Šiaurės Vakarų teritorijomis, šiaurėje – su Jukono teritorija. Pietuose turi sieną su JAV, o šiaurės vakaruose siekia Aliaską. Vakaruose skalauja Ramusis v... Explore this topic

Fishing industry

The fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products. It is defined by the FAO as including recreational, subsistence and commercial fishing, and the h... Explore this topic

Plankton

Plankton are any organisms that live in the water column and are incapable of swimming against a current. They provide a crucial source of food to many large aquatic organisms, such as fish and whales. These organisms include drifting animals, protists, archaea, algae, or bact... Explore this topic

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