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Re:May is Earth's hottest on record by Sylphine on Saturday June 18, 2016 @02:49PM (#11930024)
"really fascinating way to transfer carbon back into the oceans by seeding it with iron"

Thats a horrible idea. See ocean acidification on Wikipedia.

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Re:May is Earth's hottest on record by amock on Saturday June 18, 2016 @03:37PM (#11930242)
Ocean acidification happens when CO2 dissolves in the ocean. If that carbon is fixed first by algae then it won't cause acidification.
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