Brussels, 19/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - "Parforce", an EU funded research project has discovered a new link between iodine vapours released by marine algae and plankton and climate change. The iodine vapours condense over ocean (in other words over 70% of the planet) to form aerosols which tend to counter global warming by forming haze and cloud layers to contribute to he earth's heat shield. The global cooling effect could partially offset global warming from greenhouse gases. Experimental field studies into the phenomenon were made on the Irish Atlantic coast by a team of research scientists led by Professor Colin O'Dowd (National University of Ireland, Galway) to see whether it has the same effect on a larger scale.