Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Oct 2
Researchers track how #iron deficiency disrupts #photosynthesis in crucial #ocean #algae
"Every other breath you take includes oxygen from the ocean, released from phytoplankton," said Paul G. Falkowski, the Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources at Rutgers-New Brunswick and a co-author of the study. "Our research shows that iron is a limiting factor in phytoplankton's ability to make oxygen in vast regions of the ocean"
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-track-iron-deficiency-disrupts-photosynthesis.html
#phytoplankton #IronFertilization
Researchers track how iron deficiency disrupts photosynthesis in crucial ocean algae

The next time you breathe, consider this: Photosynthesis of algae, powered by iron dust in the ocean, made it possible.

Phys.org
Tom ZijlstraFeb 22, 2025
Vandaag 10 jaar geleden https://sailing-dulce.nl/home/article-4305 #ClimateEngineering #ironfertilization Zondag 22-02- 2015 Desastreuze opwarming van de aarde is in gang en niet meer af te wenden. Alleen indien men vanaf 2017 de uitstoot van broeikasgassen drastisch weet te reduceren, is er kans dat de opwarming beperkt blijft tot 2o Celsius in 2100. Dat zal niet gebeuren, zodat je mag aannemen dat de mensheid op zeker tijdstip zijn toevlucht zal nemen tot paniekmaatregelen. Geo-engineering, ook wel climate-en..
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Zondag 22-02-2015 Desastreuze opwarming van de aarde is in gang en niet meer af te wenden. Alleen indien men vanaf 2017 de uitstoot van broeikasgassen drastisch weet te reduceren, is er kans dat de o...

michaelMar 29, 2024

29-MAR-2024
Study underscores uncertain costs of #IronFertilization

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1039584

#ecology #GeoEngineering #ClimateCatastrophe #science

Study underscores uncertain costs of iron fertilization

<p>Researchers from Bigelow Laboratory have created a model to estimate the costs of ocean iron fertilization, highlighting uncertainties in how the ocean will respond and how effective and costly this strategy may be.</p>

EurekAlert!
KaylinQJul 7, 2023

New research uncovers potential benefits, consequences of #ocean #IronFertilization

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-uncovers-potential-benefits-consequences-ocean.html

New research uncovers potential benefits, consequences of ocean iron fertilization

Removal of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, in addition to major reductions in ongoing emissions, is required to stave off the most severe consequences of climate change. Large-scale ocean iron fertilization is one of several strategies that could help remove carbon dioxide, but new research published this week in Global Change Biology by a Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researcher and colleagues shows that it might also negatively affect marine ecosystems in far corners of the ocean.

Phys.org
Show threadEarthworm 🐌Jul 7, 2023

Do.not.dare.to.play.around.with.geoengineering.to.solve.system.failures.

Technocratic 💩 ideology makes me so angry 🤬

Of course, in a videogame geoengineering could be fun. But we are talking about real, complex ecosystems with biological components we have very little idea about.

And then nice and intelligent people that could actually try to find real solutions and adaptations need to waste their time to investigate why idea xyz could have terrible outcomes on the ecosystems that constitute tha foundations of our biosphere.

Ffs. It feels like trying to argue with a conspirationist. You invest effort in explaining why chemtrails aren't behind climate change and they just answer "but the earth is flat anyway...". 🤦🤷

#GeoEngineering #Oceans #Technocracy #IronFertilization

@Snoro 

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 15, 2023

These startups hope to spray #iron particles above the #ocean to fight #climatechange

The intervention may break down #methane, mimicking a phenomenon that could have amplified ice ages. But scientists say far more basic research still needs to be done.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/15/1068495/these-startups-hope-to-spray-iron-particles-above-the-ocean-to-fight-climate-change/

#IronFertilization was tried in: #IronEX #SoFEX and other experiments

These startups hope to spray iron particles above the ocean to fight climate change

The intervention may break down methane, mimicking a phenomenon that could have amplified ice ages. But scientists say far more basic research still needs to be done.

MIT Technology Review
Show threadAlessandro TagliabueDec 17, 2022
Includes a few lines of update on the rice husk #ironfertilization trials