Summary/Abstract
This paper is aimed to provide lawmakers, non-government organizations, the public and business interests with a brief overview of ocean iron fertilization and its potential benefits and risks. Ocean iron fertilization raises a number of questions, including its effectiveness as a market-based sequestration system and possible negative effects on the ocean and other environmental systems. Therefore, this paper consulted scientific and legal experts and reviewed literature from the field in order to outline what is known and unknown about iron fertilization.