According to The Daily Beast, scientists are coming up with an idea that might make a difference in the fight against climate change: seeding the planet's oceans with more plankton.
The idea is easy to understand. Scientists suggest we could slightly increase the amount of iron in the ocean by adding bits of iron to iron- deficient areas. A seductively simple and inexpensive idea that could potentially make all the difference is that more carbon dioxide is sucked up by our oceans.
John Martin wrote in a paper that he would give you an ice age if you gave him half a tanker of iron.
Scientists were only beginning to understand the concept of climate change several decades ago.
The idea is being revived by some researchers. A team of scientists evaluated a number of options to fight climate change, including increasing the levels of plankton.
Ken Buesseler, a marine radiochemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who worked on the report, told the Beast that the report had a big reservoirs. It's taking up a third of the greenhouse gasses. What can we do to make that better?
He said let's get out there. Experiments should be done.
The cheap nature of the iron technique makes it a good choice. According to experts who spoke with the Beast, iron Ore can be dropped into the water from ships and result in blooms that can be seen from space.
Even in the first 24 hours, the change would be obvious with the bloom of the plant.
It's not clear how much of the greenhouse effect a concerted effort would be able to alleviate. Climate change is going to get bigger every year.
There is a plan to save Earth by flooding it with plant life.
There is more on plankton.
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