Geoengineering
Out of context: Reply #9
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- detritus0
i_monk — my flippant response was aimed at george's surpise, more than anything.
As much as I dislike that someone's had the gall to go out and do this themselves, I'm thankful that someone's been so maverick as to bother. If this was the same guy who did the South pacific iron dump test a couple of years ago, I get why he'd lone it and give it another go.
Yes, dumping huge amounts of iron in one lump somewhere will have severe adverse effects on higher order sea creatures, but this idiot has at least proved there's worth in the endeavour.
Reign him in, make use of the data.
Distributed background use of this technique in parts of the ocean that might not only handle, but actually benefit from this, is worth investigating at least. Dumping in the only place you can practically afford, just offshore in fishing grounds, isn't smart.