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The iron-plankton connection was used in attempt to boost salmon yields [0]. Iron was dumped off the side of a boat to cause a plankton bloom, with the goal of
by rcme 4y ago
The iron-plankton connection was used in attempt to boost salmon yields [0]. Iron was dumped off the side of a boat to cause a plankton bloom, with the goal of ultimately producing more salmon. It seems to have kind of worked?
0: https://archive.nytimes.com/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/a-fresh-look-at-iron-plankton-carbon-salmon-and-ocean-engineering/ https://archive.nytimes.com/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/...
- unglaublich 4y agoAh, as usual: a short term profit optimization strategy with unknown, but potentially disastrous long term cost.
- hutzlibu 4y ago"but potentially disastrous long term cost." I think scale matters. If done in big quantities, it surely would change the maritime ecology, but do you have any reason to believe there are hidden dangers?