SUPER ALGAE
July 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNAN INTERNATIONAL team of scientists based at Galway, in Ireland, has made a surprising discovery that could have significant consequences for future climate change.The EU-sponsored Parforce research project, led by the National University of Ireland, has found that iodine vapours released by marine algae can help thicken haze and cloud layers, blocking sunlight and thereby partially offsetting global warming from greenhouse gases.Algae are primitive plants such as plankton, seaweed and water bloom. Their vapours condense to form aerosols, solid ...
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