Climate 201, NETS IX: Ocean Iron Fertilization

Physical Attraction by Thomas

Nov 29, 202130:12Science & Medicine

"Give me a tanker full of iron, and I'll give you a new Ice Age." It might sound like something Hank Scorpio would say, but this episode will deal with the very real idea of stimulating plankton blooms to remove CO2 from...

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