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Russ George
Personal blog · russgeorge.netsciencephilosophy
Russ George's personal blog at russgeorge.net covers science and philosophy. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-16, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Russ George's blog, centred on his open letter to academia and his work on ocean iron fertilisation. HN readers cite it for the case that iron fertilisation is a cheap way to capture CO2.
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What matters is not what is written on the page, what matters is what is written in your heart. My essays and ideas in ocean ecology for hearts and minds.
What Hacker News says?
I'll admit to having a soft spot for Russ George's work re: iron fertilization: https://russgeorge.net/2022/10/02/open-letter-to-academia-an... It seems to have in earlier stage testing helped reinvigorate salmon populations in earlier testing around Alaska while simultaneously seeming like a cheap way to capture CO2. I wonder if something similar might also help here.
Comment linking /2022/10/02/open-letter-to-academia-and-president-biden/
on “Warming waters cited as “key culprit” in mass die-off of Alaska snow crabs”Submitted Geoengineering: the progress of an experimental ocean restoration project as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10% of Ocean Photosynthesis Is Dedicated to Producing Cloud Forming Molecules as a story · 1 points
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