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Greenland adds nutrient to ocean in side-effect of thaw - study
2013-03-11 08:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A melt of Greenland's ice is washing large amounts of the nutrient iron into the Atlantic Ocean where it might aid marine life in a rare positive side-effect of climate change, a study showed on Sunday. Greenland's thaw, which is raising world sea levels, is also adding about 300,000 tonnes of iron a year to the North Atlantic, based on projections from the muddy melt water of three glaciers in the southwest, it said. That is similar to the amount of iron blown to the region in dust by winds....
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