Controversial Iron Dumping Experiment in the Ocean

[Sea Save Foundation]

The Oceaneos Marine Research Foundation of Vancouver, Canada is seeking to add “10 tonnes of iron particles 130 kilometres off the coast of Coquimbo (Chile) as early as 2018.” The foundation says that the iron stimulates phytoplankton growth and will ultimately help the Chilean fisheries. The foundation has ties to an organization that dumped 100 tonnes of iron sulfate into the waters off of British Columbia, Canada in 2012. There has been no evidence that the experiment worked.

Read more here (number 6)

Do you think the iron will help or harm the environment?

 

[covediver]

geoengineering solutions are scoffed at, but controlled experiments may indicate which are effective and which are not.

 

[cerich]

considering how many rivers with super high iron content flow into the ocean, i am not sure the experiment worries me from a bad outcome, and if it helps it may be worthwhile.

Seems a low to almost no risk experiment that if pays dividends could be good for the environment.