Friday, October 23, 2009

Dead Zones contribute to Nitrous Oxide

'Dead-zone' microbe measures ocean health

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-ocean-dead-zone-microbe.html

"Specifically, SUP05 removes toxic sulphides from the water and fixes carbon dioxide, but we also think it's producing nitrous oxide, which is a more potent greenhouse gas than either carbon dioxide or methane," Hallam said.

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there are over 400 dead zones in all the oceans of the world.

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