| 摘要 |
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for determining an amount of carbon dioxide that can be sequestered from the atmosphere by a portion of an ocean. The methods or systems involve the following steps (a) determining which chemical element or elements would, when added to a photic zone of the portion, cause growth of a phytoplankton population in the portion; (b) determining a quantity of the chemical element or elements to be added to the photic zone whereby substantially all of the element or substantially all of at least one of the elements added would be consumed by the additional phytoplankton grown; and (c) calculating the amount of carbon dioxide that can be sequestered from the atmosphere based on the determined quantity of the chemical element or elements that would be added to the portion. |
