Ocean phytoplankton and algae produce 70-80% of the earths atmospheric oxygen. Why is tree conservation for oxygen so popular over ocean conservation then?
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I have had a lecture by a very high ranked marine biologist who actually mentioned this. What they would do is throw manure-like material into the ocean, so that algae would grow and CO2 levels in the atmosphere would decrease. This worked extremely well, however it came with a lot of side affects, one of which was attracting species of algae we definitely did not want. Hence this project has stopped, as it is too unpredictable and has too many negative side effects. However, perhaps it will be used in the future again, once the problem gets more severe and we start running out of options.
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