Slowing the buildup of fossil CO2 in the atmosphere by iron fertilization: A comment

Jorge Louis Sarmiento

doi:10.1029/91GB00276

Slowing the buildup of fossil CO₂ in the atmosphere by iron fertilization: A comment

Jorge Louis Sarmiento

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Can the buildup of anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere be reduced significantly by fertilizing the surface southern ocean waters with iron? There aremany issues that need to be addressed in answering this question. Is iron scarcity indeed the dominant process limiting biological uptake of carbon, as hasbeen suggested by Martin [e.g., Martin et al., 199O]?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-2
Number of pages	2
Journal	Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/91GB00276
State	Published - Mar 1991

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Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Chemistry
General Environmental Science
Atmospheric Science

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Slowing the buildup of fossil CO₂ in the atmosphere by iron fertilization: A comment

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