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Ice sheets as a significant source of highly reactive nanoparticulate iron to the oceans

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, May 2014
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Title
Ice sheets as a significant source of highly reactive nanoparticulate iron to the oceans
Published in
Nature Communications, May 2014
DOI 10.1038/ncomms4929
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Jon R. Hawkings, Jemma L. Wadham, Martyn Tranter, Rob Raiswell, Liane G. Benning, Peter J. Statham, Andrew Tedstone, Peter Nienow, Katherine Lee, Jon Telling

Abstract

The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets cover ~ 10% of global land surface, but are rarely considered as active components of the global iron cycle. The ocean waters around both ice sheets harbour highly productive coastal ecosystems, many of which are iron limited. Measurements of iron concentrations in subglacial runoff from a large Greenland Ice Sheet catchment reveal the potential for globally significant export of labile iron fractions to the near-coastal euphotic zone. We estimate that the flux of bioavailable iron associated with glacial runoff is 0.40-2.54 Tg per year in Greenland and 0.06-0.17 Tg per year in Antarctica. Iron fluxes are dominated by a highly reactive and potentially bioavailable nanoparticulate suspended sediment fraction, similar to that identified in Antarctic icebergs. Estimates of labile iron fluxes in meltwater are comparable with aeolian dust fluxes to the oceans surrounding Greenland and Antarctica, and are similarly expected to increase in a warming climate with enhanced melting.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 7 3%
Japan 1 <1%
Unknown 255 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 79 30%
Researcher 66 25%
Student > Master 25 10%
Student > Bachelor 19 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 3%
Other 28 11%
Unknown 38 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 114 43%
Environmental Science 48 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 7%
Chemistry 8 3%
Engineering 4 2%
Other 16 6%
Unknown 54 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 170. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2022.
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#228,097
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