Iron Increase In Oceans And Correlated Decrease Of CO2 Levels? A Study
Researchers from Princeton University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Techonology in Zurich have confirmed that during the last ice age iron fertilization caused plankton to thrive in a region of the Southern Ocean. Iron fertilization has also been suggested as one way to draw down the rising levels of CO2 associated with the burning of fossil fuels.
World Bank Clears Congo’s Controversial Dam Project
The World Bank Thursday approved a 73.1-million-dollar grant in support of a controversial giant dam project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).