Adding nutrients to oceans could enhance transfer of carbon dioxide from atmosphere to deep ocean
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 12:14
in Earth & Climate
Adding nutrients to the sea could decrease viral infection rates among phytoplankton and enhance the efficiency of the biological pump, a means by which carbon is transferred from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, according to a new mathematical modeling study. The findings have implications for ocean geoengineering schemes proposed for tackling global warming.