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[pjclarke]

I am awaiting the ad hominen attack on the researcher who did this

Look somewhere else, Padfield is a bona fide scientist publishing in a reputable journal. I've just read the paper and its solid. Its a lab-based study however, so the next step would be field trials to see if the increase happens in the real world, or if increased plankton just leads to a corresponding increase in things that eat plankton, as tends to happen.

Padfield says the new research should be included in the models, and he's right, seems a more sensible approach than rejecting them outright.

[pjclarke]

PS BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ocean plankton absorb less CO2

[DodgyAgent]

PS BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ocean plankton absorb less CO2

This man has the answer

Did Russ George's Geoengineering experiment actually work? : TreeHugger

Which validates my assertion that Ocean fertilisation is the way to reduce CO2.

US scientists said the tiny ocean plants were absorbing up to two billion tonnes less CO2 because their growth was being limited by a lack of iron.

Iron deposits provide nutrients for the microbes, which in turn grow by absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide.