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Can Adding Iron To Oceans Slow Global Warming?

This algae, called <em>Chaetoceros atlanticus</em>, can bloom in the ocean when iron is added to the water. It captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carries the carbon down underwater when it sinks. (Alfred Wegener Institute)
This algae, called Chaetoceros atlanticus, can bloom in the ocean when iron is added to the water. It captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carries the carbon down underwater when it sinks. (Alfred Wegener Institute)

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