International consortium on iron and the oceans

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With a mission of exploring the potential impact of iron fertilisation of the oceans to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, USA) Senior Scientist Ken Buesseler has helped lead the organisation of an international consortium to plan, promote and undertake advanced research in that field.

The in situ iron studies (ISIS) Consortium, bringing together twelve universities and research centres from around the world, formally began its work 22nd February.

The origin of the group stems from a July 2010 workshop sponsored by WHOI, where Buesseler and Co-Chair Richard Lampitt of the National Oceanography Centre in the UK were joined by WHOI Senior Scientist Dennis McGillicuddy and others to explore the motivation for further ocean iron fertilisation (OIF) research and develop the ISIS mission.

ISIS is "a group of institutions and scientists who are motivated to answer the unknowns regarding the role of iron in regulating the ocean's capacity to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide," the group says on its website, isisconsortium.org.

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