A Zen discovery: Unrusted iron in ocean

Iron dust, the gold of the oceans and rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or - a surprising new study finds - float up from the sea floor. The discovery, published online Feb. 8 in Nature Geoscience, connects life at the surface to events occurring at extreme depths and pressures.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news153323371.html">A Zen discovery: Unrusted iron in ocean</a></p> <p>Iron dust, the gold of the oceans and rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or - a surprising new study finds - float up from the sea floor. The discovery, published online Feb. 8 in <i>Nature Geoscience</i>, connects life at the surface to events occurring at extreme depths and pressures.</p>