Environmental Plankton

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews the article "The little plankton that could... maybe" by Marx, which describes a new proposal to use plankton to fight global warming. The paper illustrates how high carbon dioxide levels cause global warming and that plankton trap carbon dioxide on the ocean floor, which could recreated the ecological balance. The paper questions the theory's feasibility and raises many unanswered questions.

From the Paper:

"The first question relates to how to increase plankton numbers. The options given involve fertilizing plankton the same way plants are fertilized. Chemicals essential for growth, such as nitrogen and iron, are dropped into the ocean. The article suggests this can be done by ship "to essentially make up for their negative impact on the local environment." The question that this leads to, is what impact this fertilizer will have on other sea life."

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