Open AccessIcebergs Fertilize Southern Ocean, Sequester Carbon
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo043707
Subject(s) - phytoplankton , oceanography , iceberg , environmental science , sea ice , ocean color , astrobiology , geology , satellite , nutrient , ecology , biology , aerospace engineering , engineering
Huge, drifting ice rafts (the white spot on the satellite image below ) shed minerals as they melt, painting trails of nutrients, teeming phytoplankton, and chlorophyll across hundreds of kilometers of ocean.