As part of a new strategy to fight , scientists are proposing dropping toxic sodium hydroxide into the ocean just 10 miles southwest of Martha's Vineyard as soon as September of this year, angering both locals and environmental groups.
Researchers at the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are awaiting approval from the EPA to release a 6,600-gallon mixture of sodium hydroxide solution and freshwater into the Atlantic, in hopes that this will boost the ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide emissions.
The ocean is crucially important in offsetting greenhouse gases, with experts saying .
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