News tagged with iron fertilization

Researchers moving closer to a soluble solution to Haber-Bocsh process

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Haber-Bosch process, known throughout the world as the means by which ammonia is made for use in fertilizer, has been under study for at least as long as the agricultural revolution has ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Iron deficiency in soil threatens soybean production

An expansion of soybean production into areas where soybean has seldom, if ever, been grown can be problematic for some farmers. Soils having high pH values and large amounts of calcium and/or magnesium carbonate are notoriously ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find toxic algae in open ocean, botching idea for fighting global warming

Blooms of toxic algae can occur in the open ocean, a team led by University of California-Santa Cruz and Moss Landing Marine Lab scientists reported last week.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Iron stimulates blooms of toxin-producing algae in open ocean, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of marine scientists has found that toxin-producing algae once thought to be limited to coastal waters are also common in the open ocean, where the addition of iron from natural or ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ocean geo-engineering produces toxic blooms of plankton

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by The University of Western Ontario warns of the potential for ecological harm caused by the fertilization of oceanic waters with the trace element iron. This fertilization ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

A Zen discovery: Unrusted iron in ocean

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 - a surprising new study finds - float up from the sea floor. The discovery, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 16

Ocean islands fuel productivity and carbon sequestration through natural iron fertilization

An experiment to study the effects of naturally deposited iron in the Southern Ocean has filled in a key piece of the puzzle surrounding iron's role in locking atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean. The research, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2