UN conference scraps ‘ocean fertilization’

window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Reuters: Nearly 200 countries agreed yesterday to a moratorium on projects to fight climate change by adding nutrients to the seas to spur growth of carbon-absorbing algae. The surprise deal followed 12 days of haggling at the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity conference where Australia, Brazil and China opposed until the last minute, halting the controversial plans for "ocean fertilization." Opponents argue the little-tested process has unknown risks which could …

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