This just in: Pissing in the ocean could actually help save the planet!

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Wired magazine's website lists this year's "10 Craziest Ways to Hack the Earth." One of them is ocean fertilization: the addition of nutrients such as iron and urea (a key component of human urine) to help grow more CO2-scrubbing plankton. Of course, topping the list is "The Status Quo"—that is, continuing to pump out greenhouse gases, overload landfills, clear-cut forests etc.