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Seeds of Doubt Over Iron Boost for Algae

Jan 28, 2016
New research suggests that fertilizing oceans with iron to increase the growth of algae that absorb carbon dioxide is not the hoped-for answer to reducing global warming.

Ocean Iron Study Means Climate Rethink

Jul 20, 2013
New research shows that scientists' earlier estimates of how much iron was dissolving into seawater off the world's coastlines may have been wide of the mark.
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Volcano ‘Did Little to Lower CO2′

Mar 22, 2013
Supporters of geo-engineering are disappointed to learn that an Icelandic volcano that threw iron into the nearby ocean did little to reduce long-term atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Clinton: 1, Patriarchy: 0

Jan 8, 2008
Really? Was that the best they could do? Hillary Clinton calmly dismissed the action of chauvinistic attendees at a Salem, N.H., rally who yelled "Iron my shirt!" repeatedly as she was talking. "Ah, the remnants of sexism -- alive and well," Clinton quipped, to the approval of the rest of the audience.