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• 14/02/2009
• Down To Earth

Experiment to sink carbon into ocean

AN Indo-German experiment to induce a green algal bloom on the surface of the South Atlantic Ocean has been called off for the time being following protests from environmentalists. Scientists with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany and the National Institute of Oceanography (nio) in Goa were trying to prove that algae can be grown to absorb carbon and counter climate change.
Germany

• Tags:
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Science
  • Ocean Fertilization
  • Carbon Sinks
  • Germany
  • India

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