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Volcanic ash triggers plankton bloom

2013-04-10 02:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption, which disrupted European flights, also had a "significant but short-lived" impact on ocean life, a study shows. Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano deposited dissolved iron into the North Atlantic, triggering a plankton bloom. The authors said it was good fortune they were at sea at the time as it provided a unique opportunity to sample the ocean during a volcanic eruption. The findings appear in the Geophysical Research Letters journal. In April...

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