Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming

New York Times by Matt Richtel | May. 1, 2007 (News Report)

Can plankton help save the planet?

Some Silicon Valley technocrats are betting that it just might. In an effort to ameliorate the effects of global warming, several groups are working on ventures to grow vast floating fields of plankton intended to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carry it to the depths of the ocean. It is an idea, debated by experts for years, that still sounds like science fiction -- and some scholars think that is ... Full Story »

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 by Aldon Hynes - May. 1, 2007

The story provides interesting information about new efforts to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, while looking at various sides of the problem.

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