In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 01 May 2007 11:46:40 -0400: Hi, [snip] >or 2,912 square nautical miles). When the trace >iron prompts growth and reproduction of the tiny >organism, scientists on the WeatherBird II plan >to measure how much carbon dioxide the plankton ingests.
Wrong measurement. What they fail to take into account is that a surge in plankton growth will result in an equivalent surge in plankton predators, and these will return much of the captured CO2 to the atmosphere. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
