Authors present a comprehensive review of iron and iron isotope sources, internal cycling, and sinks in the ocean.
Jan / 17 / 2023
Global Scale
Debate on the dissolved nickel bioavailibility in surface waters
John and co-authors tackle one of the known paradoxes regarding trace metal cycles in the ocean…
Oct / 17 / 2022
Dust deposition rates extracted from a data-assimilation model of the aluminium oceanic cycle
Xu and Weber developed a data-assimilation model of the aluminum oceanic cycle.
Jan / 28 / 2022
Quantifying the weathered fluxes to the ocean is far from over: the overlooked role of rock coast erosion
This study reveals that cliff derived sediment supply is only three times less than the solid discharge of rivers for Europe.
Jan / 21 / 2022
Mercury stable isotopes constrain atmospheric pathways to the ocean
The study’s results hold promise that the implementation of anti-pollution measures under the Minamata Convention will likely result in a faster decrease of oceanic mercury levels than previously thought.
Nov / 18 / 2021
Controls of cadmium-phosphate systematic unraveled by Neural Networks and Ocean Circulation Inverse Model
Roshan and DeVries explore the similarities and contrasts between oceanic cadmium and phosphate cycles using an Artificial Neural Network mapping technique and Ocean Circulation Inverse Model.
Jun / 23 / 2021
A new and more quantitative atlas of the deep-sea burial fluxes of major and trace elements
Among other findings, authors find that the new opal flux is roughly a factor of two increase over previous estimates having important implications for the global silicon cycle.
May / 21 / 2021
Updated compilation of the global continental and marine lithogenic neodymium isotopic measurements
This new compilation and gridded datasets offer a concrete way forward to improve the application of neodymium isotopes as a useful tracer of ocean circulation.
May / 05 / 2021
Compilation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) data obtained from global ocean observations from 1994 to 2020
This compilation consists of measurements of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and other chemical and hydrographic parameters obtained during the global ocean observations from 1994-01-01 to 2019-12-31.
Apr / 22 / 2021
Adding external sources allow a better simulation of the oceanic rare earth elements cycles
Oka and colleagues demonstrate that the global distribution of REE can be reproduced by considering the internal cycle associated with reversible scavenging and external REEs inputs around continental regions.
Mar / 26 / 2021
Constraining Oceanic Copper Cycling through Artificial Intelligence and Ocean Circulation Inverse Model
Using available observations of dissolved copper, artificial neural networks, and an ocean circulation inverse model, authors calculated a global estimate of the 3-dimensional distribution and cycling of dissolved copper in the ocean.
Jan / 15 / 2021
When GEOTRACES‐based synthesis efforts improve global iron-cycling understanding
Using historical (1987-2007) and recent GEOTRACES data, authors compiled an impressive data set comprising dissolved, filtered and trap-collected particulate iron
Dec / 03 / 2020
Estimating Atmospheric Trace Element Deposition Over the Global Ocean
A recently developed method based on the natural radionuclide beryllium-7 has provided a means to estimate the bulk atmospheric trace element deposition velocity
Sep / 02 / 2020
Who produces methylmercury in the global ocean?
The UNEP Minamata Convention was ratified in August 2017 and aims to protect human health from mercury exposure by reducing anthropogenic, inorganic, mercury emissions. The most toxic and biomagnifying mercury […]
Mar / 18 / 2020
Can phytoplankton help us determine the bioavailability of iron in the world ocean?
Joint Science Highlight with US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB). Iron (Fe) is a key element to life but in seawater it is present at extremely low concentrations. The scarcity […]
Feb / 24 / 2020
Neural network as tools to replace oceanic data deficiencies
The importance of the cycle and speciation of nitrate and its isotopes (δ15N) in the ocean does not have to be demonstrated anymore. In an attempt to overcome the difficulty […]
Dec / 16 / 2019
New BioGEOTRACES data sets: Connecting pieces of the microbial biogeochemical puzzle
Microorganisms play a central role in the transfer of matter and energy in the marine food web. Microbes depend on micronutrients (e.g. iron, cobalt, zinc, and a host of other […]
Dec / 20 / 2018
More realistic oceanic particle field improved the thorium-230 and protactinium-231 modeling
Thorium-230 (230Th) and protactinium-231 (231Pa) are two geochemical tracers extensively used for investigating particle transport in the ocean and reconstructing past ocean circulation. A key feature in reproducing their distributions by […]
Dec / 10 / 2018
Ever wonder how long your favourite element remains in the ocean before it’s gone again?
This timeframe, sometimes called a residence time, ranges from decades for the most reactive trace elements to millions of years for the most unreactive elements such as the major components […]
Nov / 15 / 2018
52 years of Benthic Nepheloid Layer data!
A data base of 2412 profiles collected using the Lamont Thorndike nephelometer from 1964 to 1984 is used to globally map turbid nepheloid layers by Gardner and co-workers (2018, see […]
Oct / 04 / 2018
Particle distribution in repeated ocean sections and sediment resuspension
This is the first compilation of an expansive data base of transmissometer data on a decadal period of time. More than 7376 stations have been analyzed for “cp” value, a […]
Jan / 25 / 2018
Benthic nepheloid layer global compilation: an invaluable resource for GEOTRACES researchers
Models simulating any oceanic tracer biogeochemistry require a good depiction of the particle distribution, key to incorporating properly scavenging-remineralization processes. However, this kind of description is still rare. Gardner and co-workers […]
Nov / 27 / 2017
Barium isotope measurements help constraining the oceanic barium cycle
Hsieh and Henderson (2017, see reference below) propose a compilation of the oceanic barium (Ba) concentrations together with its isotopic profiles measured so far. Their review covers the main oceanic […]
Oct / 19 / 2017
A new method for simultaneous analysis of nickel, copper and zinc isotopes in seawater
Takano and co-workers (2017, see reference below) have developed a new method to determine nickel (Ni), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) isotopes in seawater. This method is very simple and […]
Apr / 18 / 2017
GEOTRACES intercalibration of the stable silicon isotope composition of dissolved silicic acid in seawater
Dissolved silicon (Si) is a major oceanic nutrient and variations of its stable isotope values are reflecting the intensity of surface primary production. As for other isotopes, agreement between the […]
Apr / 14 / 2017
Disentangling the paleo signals brought by neodymium isotopic composition
Which paleo information are traced by the imprint neodymium isotopic signatures (εNd) in the different archives: paleo circulation or paleo erosion? The scientific debate on this issue is opened for […]
Apr / 12 / 2017
Contrasting lithogenic inputs from North Atlantic to North Pacific Oceans traced by thorium isotopes
Dissolved thorium (Th) isotopes and iron (Fe) are used to document the transfer of lithogenic material to the ocean. Two contrasting areas are compared: the Atlantic Ocean around Barbados Islands, […]
Mar / 23 / 2017
Changing the paradigm on the oceanic iron cycle
Tagliabue and co-workers (2017, see reference below) discuss an extensive review on the recent findings on iron (Fe) cycle in the ocean. They figure out clearly that: Fe is a […]
Mar / 17 / 2017
Enlighten why macro and micronutrients display different remineralization length scales
Boyd and co-workers (2017, see reference below) explore the abiotic and biotic mechanisms that underpin internal metal cycling. Although they are focusing on iron (Fe) as the best-characterized metal, they […]
Drawing the future of phytoplankton in a changing ocean
Phytoplankton development is strongly linked to the dissolved iron availability in the surface waters. Iron’s behavior is sensitive to warming, stratification, acidification and de-oxygenation. In a changing ocean, these processes […]
Mar / 14 / 2017