Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming

New York Times by Matt Richtel | May. 1, 2007 (News Report)

Can plankton help save the planet?

Some Silicon Valley technocrats are betting that it just might. In an effort to ameliorate the effects of global warming, several groups are working on ventures to grow vast floating fields of plankton intended to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carry it to the depths of the ocean. It is an idea, debated by experts for years, that still sounds like science fiction -- and some scholars think that is ... Full Story »

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by Nicholas Howard - Oct. 1, 2008

It is uncharacteristic of the NYTimes to be largely glossing over the risks and unknowns of such a large-scale "experiment" minimally subject to regulatory control. Where are the pleas to the precautionary principal? Where are the calls for regulation? Where are the concerns about virtual unmeasurability of results?