Pumping Iron Into Ocean Gets Chilly Reception
October 7, 2007 @ 11:39 AM (EST)
Source: Miamiherald.com
A global-warming solution or just more ocean pollution? A ship docked in Fort Lauderdale is at the center of a scientific and environmental controversy.The sturdy steel trawler spent the summer on Fort Lauderdale's New River, but the sheltered waters haven't kept the company that owns it from an international storm of controversy over whether its owners' real aim is to help save the planet or just turn a profit.
Planktos, a small California company, intends to spread as much as 100 tons of pulverized iron over the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands, hoping it will fertilize a rich crop of carbon dioxide-gobbling plankton...
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