Marine scientists are raising the alarm about a proposal to drop tonnes of iron into the Pacific Ocean to stimulate the growth of phytoplankton, the base of the food web. The non-profit group behind ...

Dumping iron into the ocean stimulates blooms of diatoms that pull down carbon dioxide in the atmosphere--but only under the right conditions Fertilizing the ocean with iron could help reduce ...

Of all the vast area covered by the Pacific Ocean, the coastal water off Haida Gwaii is one of the worst spots to conduct an iron fertilization experiment, scientists say. And yet over the summer, 100 ...