GEOTRACES

An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Their Isotopes

News

2026 Call for Applications for the GEOTRACES Early Career Scientist Committee

Apply by 3 July 2026!

Join us! GEOTRACES Online Seminar #2 – 26 May 15h CEST

Topic: Trace metal input in polar environments

GEOTRACES Session and Workshop at XMAS2027, 12-15 January 2027, Xiamen, China

Abstracts can be submitted until 30 June 2026.

Timeline for the upcoming GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Products

First deadline is 15th May 2027!

Launch: GEOTRACES Online Seminar Series 2026

Join us on April 28, 2026 @ 15:00 CEST for the first seminar!

GEOTRACES highlights from Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026

GEOTRACES sessions, posters, data demonstrations, networking and more!

Science Highlights

Organic binding site heterogeneity controls amorphous ferric oxy-hydroxides oceanic sink

In oxygenated seawater iron binds to hydroxide ions, which results in authigenic Fe precipitation as amorphous ferric oxy-hydroxide…

Microbial trace metal transport in distinct water masses of the Southern Indian Ocean

Zhang and colleagues used genes coding for membrane transporters as proxies to map the distribution of the uptake and efflux of the trace metals…

Do not mourn Nobias any longer: InertSep ME-2 is coming!

Thanks to the thorough development proposed by Alifia and co-workers, the community may have a solution to the shortage of Nobias Chelate PA-1…

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