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NEWS ABOUT: plankton

plankton stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

Geo-Engineers Not Quite Ready to Save Earth

Far-flung ideas hold promise, but the
science still lags

Jan 30, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Their proposals to combat global warming may sound like science fiction, but geo-engineers insist they can save the planet. Two new reports show that while that may be the case, the science has a long way to go, the Economist reports. The burgeoning field posits that humans can cool the... More »

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climate change • global warming • plankton • iron • geo-engineering

Early Plankton Blooming May Starve Ocean Creatures 

Blossoming disrupted by warming water

Nov 21, 08 6:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A vast and colorful explosion of life in the Arctic Sea—the sudden, unprecedented blossoming of phytoplankton prompted by warming waters—could spell death for untold numbers of creatures, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Phytoplankton, a microscopic but vital part of the food chain, is blooming—and swiftly dying—at... More »

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climate change • global warming • plankton • marine life • Arctic Sea • Arctic sea ice

Green Groups Oppose Plan to Curb CO2 With Plankton

Company's project to fertilize oceans with nutrients 'risky,' environmentalists say

Nov 5, 07 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - An environmental coalition today came out against a project that hopes to slow the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, by stimulating ocean plankton to consume the global warming-linked greenhouse gas. The groups decried the plan by an Australian company to pump nutrients into the sea between the Philippines... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • plankton • ocean • green technology

Global Warming Battle Goes
Out to Sea

Investors back plankton in bid to send CO2
to a watery grave

May 1, 07 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plankton may hold the key to solving global warming—or so say Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are investing heavily in the idea. Scientists will dump several tons of plankton-producing iron into the ocean to see if the microscopic organisms will, as they expect, suck CO2 from the atmosphere and carry... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • global warming • plankton • ocean • iron • carbon emissions

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