Deep sea and sediments bring iron to Antarctic waters, finds researcher
Hung-An Tian and Mathijs van Manen (NIOZ Ph.D. student) retrieving NIOZ ultra-clean CTD onboard RV Polarstern. Photo by Sven Pont. Credit: Sven Pont
Deep sea and sediments bring iron to Antarctic waters. The iron that fertilizes the waters around Antarctica mostly comes from the deep, upwelling waters and the sediments around the continent.
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