environmentalgraffiti.com— Thats a quote from oceanographer John Martin which is sparking furious debate at the international Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution conference.
Sep 27, 2007View in Crawl 4
Money is generally the problem in the first, second, third ... instance. Actually I'll correct myself, money is not necessarily the problem but more mankind's desire to acquire more of it. Greed.
Oh, never. And neither do oceanographers. Still, the effect on global CO2 can be quantified to a degree of accuracy (statistical net change in CO2 flux in the localized area of effect), and *that* is what this conference was about.
"Anaerobic respiration of crystalline iron oxyhydroxides is thought to be one of the oldest forms of respiration"You seem to be under the assumption that this is the mechanism by which phytoplankton metabolize iron. It is not. Phytoplankton integrate iron into their systems by consuming iron-rich organic dust-off from the shores, or at least, they did before we replaced our dusty shores with cemented cities. They use the iron in their metabolic processes, and without it, go into a kind of metabolic stasis - not dead, but not reproducing.
angryredplanetSep 29, 2007
Money is generally the problem in the first, second, third ... instance. Actually I'll correct myself, money is not necessarily the problem but more mankind's desire to acquire more of it. Greed.
blast_flameSep 29, 2007
In hundreds of years it won't be a problem due to tech advances.
fordiSep 30, 2007
Oh, never. And neither do oceanographers. Still, the effect on global CO2 can be quantified to a degree of accuracy (statistical net change in CO2 flux in the localized area of effect), and *that* is what this conference was about.
fordiSep 30, 2007
"Anaerobic respiration of crystalline iron oxyhydroxides is thought to be one of the oldest forms of respiration"You seem to be under the assumption that this is the mechanism by which phytoplankton metabolize iron. It is not. Phytoplankton integrate iron into their systems by consuming iron-rich organic dust-off from the shores, or at least, they did before we replaced our dusty shores with cemented cities. They use the iron in their metabolic processes, and without it, go into a kind of metabolic stasis - not dead, but not reproducing.