Conceptual Approaches to Testing the Efficiency and Impact of Ocean Iron Fertilization (OIF) for Enhancing CO2 Storage in the Ocean
Abstract
Recent experiments to determine the efficiency of carbon sequestration during natural and artificially stimulated phytoplankton blooms suggest that bloom events can transfer as much as 50% of the new phytoplankton production to depths below 500 m. Such efficiencies would make OIF a cost-effective mechanism for CO2 mitigation. In order to further quantify sequestration and to determine its impact on the ocean environment, the scientific community has proposed larger (up to 200 × 200 km) OIF experiments and has suggested that they be monitored for longer periods of time than previous experiments (up to 70 days). In addition, new technologies for measurement and more sophisticated modeling to both design the experiment and project its impact have been proposed. We will report on a proposed project conceptual design for such an experiment.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008AGUFMOS34B..04W
- Keywords:
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- 0428 Carbon cycling (4806);
- 4806 Carbon cycling (0428)