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Iron on its Route to the Sea-Floor: A New Path<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMzg1MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTM4NTMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyNjc1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114136&govDel=USNSF_51> [image: Photo of a hydrothermal vent.] Iron dust, the rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or--a surprising new study finds--float up from the sea floor in the material spewed from hydrothermal vents. The discovery, published online Feb. 8, 2009, in a paper in the journal *Nature Geoscience*, connects life at the surface to events occurring at extreme depths and pressures. The two worlds were long assumed to have little interaction. A team from the University of ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114136&govDel=USNSF_51<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMzg1MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTM4NTMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyNjc1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114136&govDel=USNSF_51> This is an NSF News item. ------------------------------ This e-mail update was generated automatically based on your subscription to the category listed above. Some updates may belong to more than one category, resulting in duplicate messages. You can adjust your National Science Foundation Update subscriptions or delivery preference at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMzg1MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTM4NTMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyNjc1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&102&&&https://service.govdelivery.com/service/user.html?code=USNSF>. You can also change your e-mail address or stop subscriptions on this page. If you have questions or problems with National Science Foundation Update, please contact [email protected]. National Science Foundation · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cosmology, Mathematics and Philosophy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
