Summary/Abstract
This report was produced per page 636 of House Report 111-366 that accompanies the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-117), which calls for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to “provide a report on the potential of ocean fertilization for climate change mitigation” to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriation within 60 days of enactment of the Act. The report reviews two decades of ocean fertilization research that has focused primarily on adding the micronutrient iron to regions of the ocean that are iron-poor. The report also presents a discussion of the international legal framework and applicable laws around ocean iron fertilization.