Sentences with phrase «of iron dust»

In other words, at maximum efficiency it would only take several hundred thousand tons (or about two supertankers full) of iron dust to restore the lost plankton to 1980 levels and solve half our global warming surplus, too.

In the coming days to weeks, Planktos, a small California - based «ecorestoration» company, will use a 115 - foot (35 - meter) research ship to dump a hundred tons of iron dust into international waters some 200 miles (322 kilometers) west of the Galápagos Islands.

In the summer of 2012, Russ George, formerly of Planktos Corporation, lead the West Coast Haida Nation into a plot to unilaterally dump 100 tons of iron dust into the Pacific Ocean off British Columbia, Canada.

Regular listeners know this happened in the summer of 2012, as the unstoppable Russ George, formerly of Planktos Corporation, lead the West Coast Haida Nation into a plot to unilaterally dump 100 tons of iron dust into the Pacific Ocean off British Columbia, Canada.

A few years ago, someone wanted to dump tons of iron dust into the oceans to promote algae growth.

It authorized the release of roughly 110 metric tons of iron dust, 91 metric tons of the iron sulfate fertilizer commonly used as a lawn treatment and employed in other scientific experiments, and nearly 20 metric tons of the iron oxide found in soils around the world.

Not exact matches

City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up till now.

Dust grains are composed of elements like carbon, silicon, oxygen, iron, and magnesium.

Of the 30 or so trace elements Geotraces scientists are studying, some — such as iron and copper — are naturally occurring nutrients supplied by dust storms and deep - sea vents.

Now, researchers have estimated how much fertiliser, in the form of iron and phosphorus, is in the dust.

Of course, the fact that dust has played a natural cooling role in the past does not mean that the deliberate application of iron filings to the ocean surface would have a similar cooling effect todaOf course, the fact that dust has played a natural cooling role in the past does not mean that the deliberate application of iron filings to the ocean surface would have a similar cooling effect todaof iron filings to the ocean surface would have a similar cooling effect today.

Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds — specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust.

Ocean chemist Philip Boyd of the University of Otago in New Zealand says many other researchers have tried to link an infusion of iron from volcanic ash or even dust storms to plankton blooms, but this study is the first to «verify such a massive event.»

In the summer of 2008 Mount Kasatoshi in Alaska's Aleutian Islands blew, sending volcanic minerals, including iron dust, far to sea and prompting plankton blooms across the Gulf of Alaska.

That lack of Aeolian dust is a wonderful boon to pasture on land because it's topsoil blowing away, but it's tragic for the oceans because it's a source of iron for the oceans.

Dust from the Sahara Desert provides most of the iron found in the Atlantic Ocean, according to research that also sheds light on how the oceans help sequester carbon dioxide

The presence of crystalline grains and multiple iron - bearing phases, including sulfide, in some particles indicates that individual interstellar particles diverge from any one representative model of interstellar dust inferred from astronomical observations and theory.

Iron can fuel plankton blooms and influence how the ocean responds to climate change, while the lead images show the impact of past pollution on the ocean and continuing contamination in some parts of the world and aluminium is used as a tracer of desert dust inputs to the ocean.

The paper «Seasonal ITCZ migration dynamically controls the location of the (sub) tropical Atlantic biogeochemical divide» highlights how dust blowing off Africa's deserts amplify surface levels of iron in the Atlantic that in turn control the spatial activity of nitrogen gas fixing phytoplankton and phosphate content in the Tropical Atlantic.

Dust from Bodélé blows across the Atlantic Ocean to South America, where the iron and phosphorus it contains fertilize the nutrient - poor soil of the Amazon rainforest.

A look at wild Trichodesmium suggests that the cyanobacteria may have unexpected ways of compensating in iron - starved waters, enhancing the capture of minerals from dust settling out of the air, for instance.

He and colleagues have used the dust - analysing instrument on Cassini to find a record 36 particles, mostly made of magnesium, calcium, iron, silicon and oxygen.

The dust is comprised primarily of elements such as carbon, silicon, magnesium, iron and oxygen.

We support additional experimentation and modeling, whether looking at natural sources of iron from dust, volcanoes, rivers, seafloor, or when iron is added to the ocean during controlled experiments.

Tests are conducted to see if the right mix of these heavy elements that are in dust are present, such as titanium and iron.

His calculations indicate that dust from Africa and Asia injects large amounts of iron into the world's oceans.

Possible mechanisms include (iv) fertilization of phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean by increased deposition of iron - containing dust from the atmosphere after being carried by winds from colder, drier continental areas, and a subsequent redistribution of limiting nutrients; (v) an increase in the whole ocean nutrient content (e.g., through input of material exposed on shelves or nitrogen fixation); and (vi) an increase in the ratio between carbon and other nutrients assimilated in organic material, resulting in a higher carbon export per unit of limiting nutrient exported.

* 1: Cosmic dust consists of small solid particles composed of silicon, carbon, iron and other elements about the size of 0.1 micrometer.

Cosmic dust is small solid particles consisted of silicon, carbon, iron and other elements with the size smaller than 1 micrometer.

But the film takes a nosedive into overbaked melodramatics when it dusts off the history books and veers in all directions to tell its crooked tale (blurring fact and fiction) of the iron - clad will of the strong monarch (voicing that the good fight was for God and country) and how she defeated the Spanish Armada and brought a long and fruitful time of peace and prosperity to her country.

With a little help of our in - house geek, a bunch of the YAMMag team dusted off their lists to rank our favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe films from 2008's Iron Man all the way to Black Panther, in celebration of the decade - long MCU and the release for Avengers: Infinity War.

The resulting titles were very diverse: Toy Soldiers: Cold War (sequel to the highly popular hybrid tower defense title), Fruit Ninja Kinect (popular iOS game and the first Kinect XBLA game), Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (a Metroidvania title from the The Iron Giant's Michel Gagne), From Dust (return of Eric Chahi), and Bastion (a captivating world by an indie darling).

They staggered in a drunken waltz for a few seconds, kicking up swirls of dust and snapping the dried weeds around them, until the man suddenly collapsed into his arms and pushed him against a large iron mooring bollard.

Other games on Steam, published by Microsoft include: ******* 2011 ******** - Fable The Lost Chapters - Fable III ******* 2012 ******** - Age of Empires III: Complete Edition - Age of Empires Online - Deadlight - Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - Iron Brigade - Mark of the Ninja - Microsoft Flight - Toy Soldiers ******* 2013 ******** - Age of Empires II HD + The Conquerors - Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten - Dust: An Elysian Tail - Ms. Splosion Man - Pinball FX 2 - The Harvest - State of Decay ******* 2014 ******** - Age of Mythology: Extended Edition - Happy Wars - LocoCycle - Rise of Nations: Extended Edition - Max: The Curse of Brotherhood - Halo: Spartan Assault http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Iron Crypticle is your typical twin - stick shooter with a light dusting of RPG.

But here we are, The Rise of Iron is upon us, the latest expansion to Destiny, but is it enough to have you wipe the dust of your copy of the game?

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Of course, now the dust has settled, early teething issues ironed out and a wider selection of games made available (and more just about to land), now could be the perfect time for those interested in the Switch to pick one up if they haven't alreadOf course, now the dust has settled, early teething issues ironed out and a wider selection of games made available (and more just about to land), now could be the perfect time for those interested in the Switch to pick one up if they haven't alreadof games made available (and more just about to land), now could be the perfect time for those interested in the Switch to pick one up if they haven't already.

Delicate uses of a soldering iron and brick dust creates vast landscapes with great depth and a tactile feel to them.

Mostly created from a novel mixture of cement and iron dust, and inspired by weatherworn medieval Balkan tombstones, her creations are far starker than the work of British contemporaries such as Moore and Hepworth.

The German artist Bea Schlingelhoff is dusting the bridge leading into the replica village with a thin layer of iron oxide, a pigment commonly found in California mineral deposits.

From these relationships and reconstructed temperature time series, we diagnose glacial − interglacial time series of dust radiative forcing and iron fertilization of ocean biota, and use these time series to force Earth system model simulations.

Plankton blooms happen naturally when dust containing iron settles on ocean waters where a lack of iron otherwise prevents plankton from thriving.

Minerals in the dust, like iron, aluminum, calcium, magnesium and potassium, settles into the ocean to the benefit of some species and detriment of others.

Planktos, the California company trying to turn a profit by fertilizing the ocean with iron dust, pulled the plug on planned field tests on Wednesday, citing a lack of funds.

Two years ago this month, an edge - pushing environmental entrepreneur and a company formed by a Native Canadian village set off a wave of international protest by dispersing a pink slurry of 100 tons of iron - rich dust over one of the 60 - mile - wide ocean eddies that routinely drift across the salmon feeding grounds of the Gulf of Alaska.

Scientists who have studied past phases of climate change have found that iron dust may have caused similar effects during ice ages and are hoping to replicate those without causing unwanted fallout.

It is true that more practical research has been done on some CDR techniques, but to imply that large - scale biochar or BECCS plantations, ocean iron - fertilisation (OIF), ocean alkalinisation or enhanced weathering by spreading rock dust over millions of square kilometres — to name but a few CDR options — are well tested and low - risk is (to put it bluntly), also «nuts».

Dust storms, which are expected to increase in some regions due to climate change, could wreak their own havoc, because iron - rich mineral dust can drive a 10 - to 1,000-fold increase in the growth rate of Vibrio bacteDust storms, which are expected to increase in some regions due to climate change, could wreak their own havoc, because iron - rich mineral dust can drive a 10 - to 1,000-fold increase in the growth rate of Vibrio bactedust can drive a 10 - to 1,000-fold increase in the growth rate of Vibrio bacteria.

Plankton forms the main food of many ocean species, and fisheries could be badly hit by the loss of these micro-organisms as a result of warmer waters, according to the paper, published this week in the British journal Nature... Other factors that influence phytoplankton growth include [iron] dust blown from the land, and variations in solar radiation.