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Every spring, cold seas ignite with diatom blooms — microscopic algae armoured in glass. The whole event often hinges on one scarce element: iron. Here's how.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
One ratio — 106 carbon, 16 nitrogen, 1 phosphorus — runs through plankton and deep water alike. What the Redfield ratio reveals about a changing sea.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Much of the ocean goes hungry for a single trace metal. How desert dust, glaciers and hydrothermal vents decide ocean fertility — and the fertilisation debate.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·