Natural, incidental, and engineered nanomaterials and their impacts on the Earth system

MF Hochella Jr, DW Mogk, J Ranville, IC Allen… - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Natural nanomaterials have always been abundant during Earth's formation
and throughout its evolution over the past 4.54 billion years. Incidental nanomaterials, which …

The microbiomes of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: distributed globally, shaped locally

GJ Dick - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery of chemosynthetic ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977
changed our view of biology. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the foundation of …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

DJ Amon, S Gollner, T Morato, CR Smith, C Chen… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history

KO Konhauser, NJ Planavsky, DS Hardisty… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Iron formations (IF) represent an iron-rich rock type that typifies many Archaean and
Proterozoic supracrustal successions and are chemical archives of Precambrian seawater …

Potential use of engineered nanoparticles in ocean fertilization for large-scale atmospheric carbon dioxide removal

P Babakhani, T Phenrat, M Baalousha… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Artificial ocean fertilization (AOF) aims to safely stimulate phytoplankton growth in the ocean
and enhance carbon sequestration. AOF carbon sequestration efficiency appears lower than …

Novel insights into marine iron biogeochemistry from iron isotopes

JN Fitzsimmons, TM Conway - Annual Review of Marine …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The micronutrient iron plays a major role in setting the magnitude and distribution of primary
production across the global ocean. As such, an understanding of the sources, sinks, and …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the controlling mineral phases of rare-earth elements in deep-sea pelagic sediments

J Liao, J Chen, X Sun, Z Wu, Y Deng, X Shi, Y Wang… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies suggest that pelagic sediments can enrich rare-earth elements (REE) acting
as a significant reservoir for the global REE budget as well as a potential resource for future …

Global ocean sediment composition and burial flux in the deep sea

CT Hayes, KM Costa, RF Anderson… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative knowledge about the burial of sedimentary components at the seafloor has
wide‐ranging implications in ocean science, from global climate to continental weathering …

Petrobactin, a siderophore produced by Alteromonas, mediates community iron acquisition in the global ocean

LE Manck, J Park, BJ Tully, AM Poire… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
It is now widely accepted that siderophores play a role in marine iron biogeochemical
cycling. However, the mechanisms by which siderophores affect the availability of iron from …

GEOTRACES: Accelerating research on the marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

RF Anderson - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes (TEIs) constitute an active
area of oceanographic research due to their role as essential nutrients for marine organisms …