Two synthesis articles resulting from the Joint GEOTRACES-PAGES Workshop available
They both assess the potential of a number of bioactive elements and their isotopes to inform on past ocean productivity.
News
New GEOTRACES webODV services released
The extractor has a fresher, clearer look as well as a new station selection feature by date and time. In addition, users can now plot and inspect their selected data.
REMINDER: One month to IDP2021 Deadline
Check what meeting the December 15, 2020 deadline requires.
Iron at the Air-Sea Interface Workshop
Workshop of interest to GEOTRACES and SOLAS communities!
Pre-announcement of 3rd GEOTRACES Summer School
The 3rd GEOTRACES Summer School will take place at the Helmholtz-Centre Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, from 11th to 16th July 2021.
REMINDER: Two months to IDP2021 Deadline
Check what meeting the December 15, 2020 deadline requires.
Science Highlights
Particulate Trace Element Export in the North Atlantic Ocean
Authors estimated particulate trace element export fluxes and residence times in the upper North Atlantic Ocean
Surface water trace element and isotope data challenge dust flux models
They reveal that atmospheric deposition and not the physical transport, is the most important process supplying Fe to phytoplankton in the South Pacific Gyre
Dissolved iron and manganese fates reveal processes along the hydrothermal TAG plume
Authors performed high-spatial resolution analyses of dissolved iron and manganese samples collected at the Mid Atlantic Ridge