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In 2012, Russ George, former CEO of Planktos, Inc., dumped iron sulfate particulates off the
British Columbia coast, claiming that quickened phytoplankton growth would replenish Haida
salmon. However, quickening the alpha-penene in plankton to increase a biogenic aerosol
reaction to magnify cloud mass may have been closer to the truth. The resulting 10,000 square
kilometers of phytoplankton blooms could be seen from space, 112 along with significant cloud
mass.
Trees are the basis of terrestrial life while oxygen-producing phytoplankton is the basis of
ocean life. Phytoplankton is also the chief driver of organic matter and bacterial enzyme activity
in submicron sea-spray aerosols that contribute to cloud formation. 113 Ironically, much of the
decline of phytoplankton is due to the aluminum toxicity raining down on biotopic communities.
(Nano-crystals remain as long as eighteen months in the atmosphere before falling on the ocean
surface.) Less phytoplankton means CO above the current 404 ppm. The more alumina, the less
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phytoplankton; the more carbon dioxide, the less oxygen. 114
It is possible that scientists who are making connections about what’s really going on are
remaining silent for self-preservation: Research scientist Tiffany Moisan, 48, an expert on
phytoplankton and climate change, was employed at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility until
Sunday, June 5, 2016, when she was found murdered behind a store in Princess Anne,
Maryland. 115
Regarding the other two ocean delivery systems, marine cloud brightening is basically
spraying seawater toward the upper atmosphere to make clouds reflect sunlight back into space,
while ship tracks are cloud releases from ship exhaust (and wet surface air cooler technology).
Marine cloud brightening is used to feed and direct “extreme weather events” like hurricanes
(cyclones). Kerry Emanuel, who teaches meteorology at MIT, offers a clue as to how sea spray
aerosols can be useful:

Hurricanes get their energy from evaporated seawater. We all know this from experience: you climb out of the
swimming pool and shiver even on a warm day, especially when it’s windy. Because the evaporation of water on the
skin draws warmth away from the body. This is exactly what happens with a hurricane: the wind causes the water to
evaporate and draws warmth out of the ocean. The water vapour condenses to a cloud in the wall of the eye of the
hurricane. The stronger the wind, the more the water evaporates, and the stronger the storm becomes. We think it is
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possible to intervene at precisely this point so as to ensure that the water evaporates more slowly.

Ship tracks make and steer weather, keep the ship hidden, and ease and block
communications. Since the 1967 Clean Air Act, ship track plumes from ship exhaust have been
loaded with sulfur particulates (in marine diesel) and CO , which in the atmosphere provide
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nuclei for cloud droplets to condense around to form bright clouds that are more reflective, carry
more water, and withhold precipitation.

In general, the air above the oceans suffers from less turbulence and convection than the air above land. The lower
atmosphere is especially calm over the eastern Pacific in the summertime due to a layer of hot air that settles in 500 to
700 meters above that region of the ocean, [James Coakley, atmospheric scientist at Oregon State University]
explained. This effect creates a temperature inversion, placing a cap on the cooler air below, trapping pollutants and
water vapor. While the inversion is responsible for the smog that reduces air quality in Los Angeles, it also allows for
the formation of long lasting ship tracks. The particles bellowing from the ships’ smokestacks enter the air above the
eastern Pacific and create long, thin clouds that remain there for days. 117

Some ship tracks arise from commercial ships, others from U.S. Navy (and other military)
ships. In June 1994, the Monterey Area Ship Track (MAST) experiment was conducted off the