Iron fertilization won't work in much of Pacific, says study New York NY (SPX) May 19, 2016 - Over the past half-million years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean has seen five spikes in the amount of iron-laden dust blown in from the continents. In theory, those bursts should have turbo-charged the growth of the ocean's carbon-capturing algae - algae need iron to grow - but a new study shows that the excess iron had little to no effect. The results are important today, because as groups ... more

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