Merinews: A JOINT experiment by German and Indian scientists called ‘ocean fertilisation’ or LOHAFEX is underway at the southern ocean to mitigate climate change. In the experiment, Germany’s Alfred Wagener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Goa, India are involved. Under the experiment an area of 300 sq km of the ocean is being ‘fertilised’ with 20 tonnes of dissolved iron sulphate. The experiment will verify hypothesis that …