The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced its opposition to a plan by Planktos Inc. to dump iron dust in the open ocean west of the Galapagos Islands. The experiment seeks to induce phytoplankton blooms in the hopes that the microscopic marine plants will absorb...
by Catherine Brahic (New Scientist) Update 25 June 2007: The scientific working group of the London Convention expressing its concern regarding "the potential for large-scale ocean iron fertilisation to have negative impacts on the marine environment and human health"...
by Jim Thomas (ETC Group) As well as dealing with Monsanto in Munich this week, ETC Group has also been raising the alarm about a massive geo-engineering experiment scheduled for this month around Galapagos by Planktos Inc. The New York Times carried a very uncritical...