About this Site
The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program developed this website as a clearinghouse of ocean fertilization news and informational resources to 1) increase public knowledge and awareness on this topic, and 2) advance scientific research to improve our understanding of the implications of ocean fertilization for marine ecosystems.
Learn more about OCB and other organizations’ stances on ocean fertilization experiments.
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For non-scientists
- What is Ocean Fertilization: The Basics
- How Ocean Fertilization is done: Science background
- Dive in Deeper: Outreach and education web resources
- International policy and agreements on ocean fertilization
- Media coverage on experiments, theory and controversy
- Learn More: In depth scientific literature, reports and background papers, organization position statements on ocean fertilization, past experiments on ocean fertilization
For scientists
- Scientific Literature by topic, including synthesis papers, experiments, regional and related research papers
- Large-scale ocean fertilization experiments
- London Convention and other governance and policy documents
- Informational web resources for outreach and teaching
- Position statements
- Gray literature
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Funding for the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Project Office is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The OCB Project Office is housed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.