Germany OKs Atlantic global warming experiment

January 26th, 2009 in Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
German research and supply vessel Polarstern

This undated handout picture from Alfred Wegener Institut shows German research and supply vessel Polarstern having docked on the sea ice to unload at the Atka-Bay in the Antarctica. Germany dropped its opposition Monday to a controversial experiment to dump iron sulphate in the South Atlantic to see if it can absorb greenhouse gases and possibly help to halt global warming.

Germany dropped its opposition Monday to a controversial experiment to dump iron sulphate in the South Atlantic to see if it can absorb greenhouse gases and possibly help to halt global warming.

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