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26th September 2007, 06:41 AM
Planktos, Inc. is a for-profit ecorestoration company based in San Francisco with offices in the European Union and British Columbia.
Our primary focus is to restore damaged habitats in the ocean and on land. Through iron-stimulated plankton blooms in the oceans and afforestation projects in Europe, we are able to generate carbon credits. We then sell these offsets to individuals and businesses that are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and lower their impact on climate change. The profits from the sale of these carbon credits finance further ecosystem restoration projects.
Plankton and trees both capture CO2 through photosynthesis and store the carbon in their tissues. This sequestration of carbon helps reduce global warming, one of the greatest crises facing humanity and Mother Nature today.
At Sea
At sea, Planktos uses a process called iron replenishment to restore declining plankton growth in the open seas. We revive plankton populations by adding iron dust to the ocean. Iron is a critical micronutrient needed by plankton for photosynthesis. It normally reaches the oceans in wind-borne iron-rich dust from arid lands, but that dust supply has fallen 30% over the past 30 years, resulting in a 10% decline in plankton populations since the late 1970s. Extensive research projects have shown that adding tiny amounts of iron can powerfully regenerate plankton growth. Stimulating plankton blooms not only captures global warming CO2, but also restores ocean ecosystems, as plankton is the base of the food chain.
On Land
On land, Planktos' subsidiary KlimaFa, Ltd. is working to restore forests in the European Union. Over the next decade KlimaFa will restore upwards of 100,000 hectares of Hungarian lands to native mixed forests. These forests will regenerate the ancient forest grandeur and environmental health of Hungary and will be incorporated into the Hungarian National Park System as strictly protected lands.
Current
In 2007, Planktos will begin plankton restoration by replenishing forest-sized areas of ocean with natural iron-rich dust, just as Mother Nature does. This will regenerate vast plankton blooms that will not only pull large quantities of CO2 from the air, but will also nourish collapsing fisheries, buffer ocean acidity, and produce saleable carbon credits for emerging environmental markets.
Currently, KlimaFa is working with Hungary's federal government, National Park Service, and Academy of Sciences to conduct a scientific and business feasibility study. This demonstration project will pioneer indigenous species climate forestry.
http://www.planktos.com/About/About.html
Our primary focus is to restore damaged habitats in the ocean and on land. Through iron-stimulated plankton blooms in the oceans and afforestation projects in Europe, we are able to generate carbon credits. We then sell these offsets to individuals and businesses that are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and lower their impact on climate change. The profits from the sale of these carbon credits finance further ecosystem restoration projects.
Plankton and trees both capture CO2 through photosynthesis and store the carbon in their tissues. This sequestration of carbon helps reduce global warming, one of the greatest crises facing humanity and Mother Nature today.
At Sea
At sea, Planktos uses a process called iron replenishment to restore declining plankton growth in the open seas. We revive plankton populations by adding iron dust to the ocean. Iron is a critical micronutrient needed by plankton for photosynthesis. It normally reaches the oceans in wind-borne iron-rich dust from arid lands, but that dust supply has fallen 30% over the past 30 years, resulting in a 10% decline in plankton populations since the late 1970s. Extensive research projects have shown that adding tiny amounts of iron can powerfully regenerate plankton growth. Stimulating plankton blooms not only captures global warming CO2, but also restores ocean ecosystems, as plankton is the base of the food chain.
On Land
On land, Planktos' subsidiary KlimaFa, Ltd. is working to restore forests in the European Union. Over the next decade KlimaFa will restore upwards of 100,000 hectares of Hungarian lands to native mixed forests. These forests will regenerate the ancient forest grandeur and environmental health of Hungary and will be incorporated into the Hungarian National Park System as strictly protected lands.
Current
In 2007, Planktos will begin plankton restoration by replenishing forest-sized areas of ocean with natural iron-rich dust, just as Mother Nature does. This will regenerate vast plankton blooms that will not only pull large quantities of CO2 from the air, but will also nourish collapsing fisheries, buffer ocean acidity, and produce saleable carbon credits for emerging environmental markets.
Currently, KlimaFa is working with Hungary's federal government, National Park Service, and Academy of Sciences to conduct a scientific and business feasibility study. This demonstration project will pioneer indigenous species climate forestry.
http://www.planktos.com/About/About.html