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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Ian Stanley Ferguson Jones, New South Wales, AU;
William Rodgers, New South Wales, AU;
Robert John Wheen, New South Wales, AU;
Bruce Joseph Judd, New South Wales, AU;
Inventors:
Ian Stanley Ferguson Jones, New South Wales, AU;
William Rodgers, New South Wales, AU;
Robert John Wheen, New South Wales, AU;
Bruce Joseph Judd, New South Wales, AU;
Assignee:
Ocean Nourishment Corporation Pty Limited, Allambie Heights, NSW, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/38 (2006.01); C12Q 1/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The method comprises the step of delivering urea from a floating vessel to a region of a photic zone of the ocean, whereby the number of phytoplankton is caused to increase in the region upon addition of the urea. The method can be used for producing carbon cells.