A Zen Discovery: Unrusted Iron in Ocean

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 13:28 in Earth & Climate

Nature Geoscience study reveals way for pure iron from sea floor to feed life at surface. 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, research shows, float up uncorroded from the sea floor.

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