'Fertilizing' for Vietnamese sea?

According to Mr. Hoi, if the research results of this possibility are good, it will be recommended to apply to Vietnam as soon as possible. Experimental phase should be applied to seagrass, seaweed. Because besides environmental significance, there is also economic significance, such as seaweed is the export object of seafood; Seagrass can be fertilizer, carpet, cushion.

According to scientists around the world, annual phytoplankton have helped reduce more than 50 billion tons of carbon through the absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2), a gas that contributes to global warming.

Oceanic ecosystems can capture carbonnic up to 30%. Scientists have been experimenting in Antarctica about ' fertilizing ' the ocean, by spraying some forms of iron isotopes and aluminum onto the surface. The results showed that micronutrient actually works to promote the proliferation of phytoplankton.

However, Hui notes that fertilizing the ocean may also have side effects, such as overgrowth of the phytoplankton, toxic algae outbreak.

So the method of ' fertilizing ' the ocean is causing much controversy for the scientific community. Many scientists believe that the accumulation of iron under the ocean has stimulated the development of algae and other ephemeral plankton. These organisms absorb carbon dioxide to grow, and thus benefit our atmosphere.

But some other scientists point out that it is the iron added to the ocean that can stimulate the algae to produce a neurotoxin. Toxic species and some other animals that eat algae will be poisoned.