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Emissions from coal plants in China fertilize North Pacific Ocean – study – MINING.com
Smoke from coal power plants carries iron to the surface waters of the North Pacific Ocean as westerly winds blow emissions from Asia to North America.
They state that peak measurements showed that up to nearly 60% of the iron in one vast swath of the northern part of the ocean emanates from smokestacks.
It has long been understood that burning fossil fuels alters Earth’s climate and ocean ecosystems by releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Seth John, senior author of the study and professor at the University of Southern California, said in a media statement. This work shows fossil fuel burning has a side effect: the release of iron and…
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