Sunday, November 8, 2009

Ocean Fertilization - Draft report on 12 expeditions

Final Report - www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-45-en.pdf

Convention on Biodiversity an UN agency has prepared a draft report about the 12 Ocean Iron Fertilization experiments since 1993.
- www.cbd.int/marine/doc/scientific-synthesis-marine-peerreview-en.doc

The key findings are :
Only 5 out to the 12 expeditions resulted in bloom of Diatoms.
None of the experiments resulted in harmful algal blooms.

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Our efforts to use Nualgi instead of Hematite ore and Iron Sulphate will continue.

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