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I am a scientist (a botanist) and I don't think the objection is short sighted. You are fundamentally changing the base of the marine food web. This is not a sy
by whyenot 12y ago
I am a scientist (a botanist) and I don't think the objection is short sighted. You are fundamentally changing the base of the marine food web. This is not a system that is well understood, and one that is difficult to model. This type of intervention might be successful, but you could also kill off large amounts of marine life, making a bad situation significantly worse. That doesn't mean geoengineering shouldn't be explored, but it's potentially risky. A wrong move could lead to mass starvation of not only marine life, but the numerous human populations that depend on that marine life.