July 19, 2012

researchers publish results of an iron fertilisation experiment




18. July 2012: Current study in the scientific journal Nature: researchers publish results of an iron fertilisation experiment

Bremerhaven, 18 July 2012. An international research team has published the results of an ocean iron fertilization experiment (EIFEX) carried out in 2004 in the current issue of the scientific journal Nature. Unlike the LOHAFEX experiment carried out in 2009, EIFEX has shown that a substantial proportion of carbon from the induced algal bloom sank to the deep sea floor. These results, which were thoroughly analysed before being published now, provide a valuable contribution to our better understanding of the global carbon cycle.

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