The Greenland ice sheet contains nutrients from precipitation
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 4 November, 2015
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The ice sheet on Greenland contains the nutrient phosphorus, which was carried by the atmosphere and fell with precipitation, new research shows. This new knowledge is important for understanding how many nutrients can be expected to flow into the Arctic Ocean when the climate warms and the ice melts and flows into the sea, where nutrients give rise to increased algae growth....