As a follow-up to my recent item on geo-engineering, it looks like cooler heads are prevailing, at least in one area. As the Washington Post reported last Friday, a company called Planktos is planning to dump 80 tons of iron particles into the Pacific in hopes that it will stimulate the growth of carbon-consuming plankton.
If you think this strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon sounds dangerously misguided, you’re not alone. The company has drawn criticism from a wide variety of groups, including the EPA, The Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study, The International Maritime Organization, and the World Wildlife Fund.
The American public strongly supports taking steps to reduce carbon emissions. And while people disagree on the best way to do this, it’s important to make sure that we don’t damage the environment in the process of trying to help it.
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