CO2 algae gets eaten…
This is a followup to a previous post about iron fertilization of the oceans in order to reduce the CO2 in the atmossphere
Today I read an article about the first outcomes of the experiment. The underlying idea is working, the algaes grow much faster and take up CO2. But nature also works. The algaes quickly get eaten by their natural perpetrators, this process releases the CO2 and makes it unclear whether the whole procedure is working or not.
The algae Phaeocystis globosa quickly gets eaten by small animals, like living plankton or so. Currently the growth rate is greater than the being-eaten rate, but it is unclear how the next few weeks will turn out and how many algaes will remain.
More can be read here (only german):
