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Where iron and water mix


July 9, 2015

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A new study demonstrates that chemical-laden plumes erupted from vents at one section of Mid Ocean Ridge in the southeast Pacific can be traced all the way across the Pacific Ocean for more than 4,000 kilometers. It also shows how the iron can be brought to the surface oceans of Antarctica, where it has the potential to serve as a key, life-sustaining micronutrient, supporting removal of carbon from the sunlit upper waters of that ocean.Full Story

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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