[geo] Re: Can tiny plankton help reverse climate change? - David Biello - Aeon

2014-07-04 Thread Chris Vivian
It is not true that ocean fertilisation experiments require international approval. Under the London Convention and London Protocol all such applications for permits are dealt with by the relevant country or countries involved. This would usually be the coastal state if the experiment were t

[geo] Re: Can tiny plankton help reverse climate change? - David Biello - Aeon

2014-07-06 Thread Michael Hayes
Chris, I've asked both the EPA and NOAA straight forward questions concerning gaining a 'permit' for any activity along the lines of using the oceanic commons as a base for geoengineering. Both agencies seem to be clueless about any national level 'permit' for using the oceans as a means for g

Re: [geo] Re: Can tiny plankton help reverse climate change? - David Biello - Aeon

2014-07-04 Thread Stephen Salter
Hi All Farmers can put fertilizer on their fields and we could not feed the present world population if they did not. Some of it runs into rivers and down to the sea. The problem is quite bad in the flow of the Mississippi into the the Caribbean. However it is hard to tell the real differen