The Plan to Fertilize the Ocean with Iron
- Episode aired Mar 26, 2019
- 15m
Phytoplankton are the foundation of life on earth converting carbon dioxide, that causes global warming, into oxygen that we and other animals need to survive. So more phytoplankton sounds l... Read allPhytoplankton are the foundation of life on earth converting carbon dioxide, that causes global warming, into oxygen that we and other animals need to survive. So more phytoplankton sounds like a good thing. Yet there are huge swaths of ocean where phytoplankton struggle to thriv... Read allPhytoplankton are the foundation of life on earth converting carbon dioxide, that causes global warming, into oxygen that we and other animals need to survive. So more phytoplankton sounds like a good thing. Yet there are huge swaths of ocean where phytoplankton struggle to thrive due to a shortage of iron. Would it be a good idea to feed them more iron in these regio... Read all