Tristren
Well-Known Member
This seems as though it would be of interest to plenty of people here I would have thought.
This article from New Scientist
The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans
Trace elements have the power to give life and snuff it out. For the first time, we are getting to grips with where they come from and how they act
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ppet-masters-that-control-life-in-the-oceans/
Talks all about the importance of trace elements in the oceans (Iron, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Selenium, Mercury, Lead, and Neodymium are highlighted) and how scientists are just now getting solid information on how they are distributed in the oceans.
The article also references Geotraces, which appears to be a large scale scientific effort to collect and disseminate data on trace elements.
The website is here: http://www.geotraces.org
The publicly available data set is here: http://www.geotraces.org/dp/I'd 2017
So now I'm hoping that those smarter than I like @Randy Holmes-Farley or @Lasse or the rest of you will review and engage in helpful discussion.
Aside from anything else, given its prominence in the article and repeated offhand comments I've seen here and elsewhere, it seems as though Iron is more significant than I'd thought...
Cheers, Tony
This article from New Scientist
The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans
Trace elements have the power to give life and snuff it out. For the first time, we are getting to grips with where they come from and how they act
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ppet-masters-that-control-life-in-the-oceans/
Talks all about the importance of trace elements in the oceans (Iron, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Selenium, Mercury, Lead, and Neodymium are highlighted) and how scientists are just now getting solid information on how they are distributed in the oceans.
The article also references Geotraces, which appears to be a large scale scientific effort to collect and disseminate data on trace elements.
The website is here: http://www.geotraces.org
The publicly available data set is here: http://www.geotraces.org/dp/I'd 2017
So now I'm hoping that those smarter than I like @Randy Holmes-Farley or @Lasse or the rest of you will review and engage in helpful discussion.
Aside from anything else, given its prominence in the article and repeated offhand comments I've seen here and elsewhere, it seems as though Iron is more significant than I'd thought...
Cheers, Tony
