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Iron fertilisation of the sea 2017-06-23 08:28:56 Post No. 131035249
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Liberals have gotten themselves into a tizz about CO2 levels so I suggest a simple solution.
Throwing Iron into the sea.
>Iron is the limiting factor for photosynthesis in the oceans
>Iron is fairly cheap
>Can be done offshore to make sure the phytoplankton are not going to bloom near the coasts and cause problems
>If the location is targeted well, it can be timed to coincide with the migration pattern of phytoplankton eating fish, boosting numbers
>Can also reduce heavy metal bioaccumulation in fish
Successful experiments have been performed demonstrating its viability.
Yet it has not been implemented on a large scale, why is that?
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Stop fucking with nature thinking you got it under control. You don't.
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>>131035249
how about we just leave that area alone for like 5 years and let it fuck back to normal?
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>>131035249
Have you forgotten the story of the old lady with the spider inside her so quickly? Who, exactly, is going to take the bullet on live television in the event of unforeseen consequences? Names, now.
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>>131035540
but muh shekels...
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>>131035344
>>131035540
>>131035565
If you do it in pelagic waters, all the phytoplankton sink to the bottom and don't take all the oxygen from the upper water.
Instead they anaerobically degrade into the start point for new mineral oil reserves.
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some billionaire dumped iron into the ocean and it created a salmon boom, then greenpeace got bootyblasted because they like taxes instead of results
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>>131035618
Oy vey!
Seriously, this could help prop up or assist in the recovery of multiple fisheries, including the Newfoundland Cod
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>>131035249
I look forward to seeing the oceans turn red and the fish choke on clogged gills from all the phytoplankton.
I'm guessing the main problem with this mechanism is control. I don't know enough about marine eco-systems to say, but I'm guessing a bunch of iron in the water is bad for something at least.
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>>131035249
We don't want to stop photosynthesis, you mong. That's what turns the CO2 back into oxygen which we breathe.
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>>131035782
We fertilize the land we grow crops on. Why can't we fertilize the ocean we harvest fish from?
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>>131035761
>Cause a mass extinction to create a few years worth of oil
GREAT IDEA!
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>>131037220
It may be one of the best gifts we've ever left the future.
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>>131035540
So we stop dumping plastics and increasing the global temperature and introducing dilute ice melt into the water for five years? Yes, I agree, great idea
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>>131037220
>Mass extinction
How would dumping Iron and silicic acid into open ocean with no fish for miles around cause extinctions?
You're just building a strawman.
>>131036900
It will encourage it, look up "limiting factor" and then contribute.
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