Newly discovered ocean plume could be major source of iron
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 19 August, 2013
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Scientists have discovered a vast plume of iron and other micronutrients more than 1,000 kilometers long billowing from hydrothermal vents in the South Atlantic Ocean. The finding calls past estimates of iron abundances into question, and may challenge researchers' assumptions about iron sources in the world's seas....