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October 02, 2004
Diatoms and greenhouse gases
Science magazine has some new research about the behaviour of diatoms, ocean algae that are capable of eating up more carbon dioxide, emiting more oxygen and creating more organic carbon than all the rain forests in the world combined. Unfortunately their effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gases may be adversely affected by global warming itself. Should we try to fertilize the organisms to make them perform better, or is it dangerous to mess about with such a basic component of the ecosystem?
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65164,00.html/wn_ascii
www.sciencemag.org/content/current/
Posted by Simon Holledge at October 2, 2004 12:14 AM