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Archive for December, 2007
Environmental Science & Technology has published a summary of major events regarding ocean fertilization during 2007. This article is factual and provides a mostly balanced perspective. Essentially more research is needed to understand potential benefits and impacts of large scale fertilization, and it is conceivable that commercial operations could provide funding to accelerate this research. There seems to be a concern that commercial funding might somehow contaminate the scientific process. Our opinion is that if appropriate controls, such as a defined methodology and third party verification are used on demonstrations led by respected members of the science community– and if these controls result in measurable sequestration for with permanence– then commercial sale is reasonable and can be used to help fund these larger scale demonstrations.For reference, the website for the recent WHOI OIF Symposium and the closing summary
Categories: Ocean Fertilization
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An overview of ocean iron fertilization (OIF) was covered in the IETA 2007 Greenhouse Gas Market report, released during the recent Bali Conference of the Parties (COP 13). The overview, provided by Climos, covers technical aspects of OIF relating to standard industry GHG accounting protocols, environmental questions that have been raised and recent developments in the field.
Climos also gave an overview of OIF in a side session co-sponsored by IETA during the Bali Conference.
The full IETA report can be downloaded here.
Categories: Carbon Market
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