Dr Keith We would like to suggest Diatom Algae as the best geoengineering solution. We have been using Diatom Algae to solve various problems in the past 5 years. Diatom Algae are the most useful of all Phytoplankton and the least problematic. In fresh water lakes and rivers they increase Dissolved Oxygen level and provide food for fish. In Oceans they could directly sequester huge amounts of CO2 on the ocean bed and in the bones of fish. Ocean fertilization has been discussed and experimented with over the past 2 decades. An excellent summary of the 12 expeditions of Ocean Iron Fertilization is available at - www.cbd.int/marine/doc/scientific-synthesis-marine-peerreview-en.doc This is a draft paper.
All the expeditions have been lacking in one aspect, they have not targeted any specific group of Algae and instead have targeted all Phytoplankton. Targeting Diatom Algae will give the best results. Mr T Sampath Kumar worked on a means of causing a bloom of Diatoms for 10 years from 1994 to 2004 and perfected a solution to achieve this - a nano silica based powder that contains all the micro nutrients required by Diatom Algae. This has been used in aquaculture ponds and lakes for past 5 years and we are now sure of the performance and that there are no side effects or other problems. best regards Bhaskar www.kadambari.net www.nualgi.com/new On Oct 30, 10:48 pm, "David Keith" <ke...@ucalgary.ca> wrote: > Folks, > > There is a set of papers on geoengineering on line at Environmental > Research Letters. Ken Caldeira and I served as editors of this special > issue. More papers and a editorial will be added later. > > Cheers, > > David > > http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045101 > > Focus on Climate Engineering: Intentional Intervention in the Climate > System > > 2009 Environ. Res. Lett. 4 045101 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045101 > <http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045101> > <http://www.iop.org/EJ/help/-topic=abstract/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/04510 > 1> > > Geoengineering techniques for countering climate change have been > receiving much press recently as a `Plan B' if a global deal to tackle > climate change is not agreed at the COP15 negotiations in Copenhagen > this December. However, the field is controversial as the methods may > have unforeseen consequences, potentially making temperatures rise in > some regions or reducing rainfall, and many aspects remain > under-researched. > > This focus issue of Environmental Research Letters is a collection of > research articles, invited by David Keith, University of Calgary, and > Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution, that present and evaluate different > methods for engineering the Earth's climate. Not only do the letters in > this issue highlight various methods of climate engineering but they > also detail the arguments for and against climate engineering as a > concept. > > Further reading > Focus on Geoengineering > athttp://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/subject/tag=geoengineering > IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science is an open-access > proceedings service available atwww.iop.org/EJ/journal/ees > > Focus on Climate Engineering: Intentional Intervention in the Climate > System Contents > > Modification of cirrus clouds to reduce global warming > <http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045102> > David L Mitchell and William Finnegan > > Climate engineering and the risk of rapid climate change > <http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045103> > Andrew Ross and H Damon Matthews > > Researching geoengineering: should not or could not? > <http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045104> > Martin Bunzl > > Of mongooses and mitigation: ecological analogues to geoengineering > <http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045105> > H Damon Matthews and Sarah E Turner > > Toward ethical norms and institutions for climate engineering research > <http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045106> > David R Morrow, Robert E Kopp and Michael Oppenheimer > > On the possible use of geoengineering to moderate specific climate > change impacts <http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/4/4/045107> > Michael C MacCracken > > image001.gif > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
