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Dumping iron at sea can bury carbon for centuries, study shows News

Published on 19/07/2012

Dumping iron into the sea can bury carbon dioxide for centuries, potentially helping reduce the impact of climate change, according to a major new study. The work shows for the first time that much of the algae that blooms when iron filings are added dies and falls into the deep ocean. More