Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean
tabsey
follow
1
7-19-2008 9:42 AM
84 views
tags:
weather
tabsey
says:
In some places the run oss is causing algae to wreck rivers and the Sahara does it's bit for the fish.
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
McCain Team Shoves William Ayers Cover-up ...
Historic Figures That Were Celibate
Voice on the Mountains : Yours?
Obama Throws Pebbles
NZ Turoa claims largest snow base ever
Iran Reports MidEasts's Most Powerful Supe...
lightning in sunset
More clips from
tabsey
Saudi Arabia wins 9/11 court battle
FRENCH TRADER WAS FORCED TO WORK 30 HOURS ...
Rising ocean acidity slows marine fertilis...
Today's Top Clips
A New State Of Mind
Exuberance of light - amazing
The Male Brain, Explained
Minding Mistakes: How the Brain Monitors Errors and Learns from Goofs
Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico (with photos)
Proven: Gorillas have human emotions
World’s Most Spectacular Skylines
Russia will go "beyond diplomacy" in response to missile shield
Eight of the Most Scenically Breathtaking Natural Springs in the World
India's Goldfinger : Abhinav Bindra
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
July 19, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b5ec69ff-a151-4a07-b9eb-28b3c191bab9/637AF5A9-2342-42E6-A200-8B288C9B59A1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciencedaily.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm"><P id="first"><SPAN class="date">ScienceDaily (July 19, 2008)</SPAN> — Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciencedaily.com/img/F3C50C5D-70C8-4860-AF9A-6E21E4446A29" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm"><P>Working aboard research vessels in the Atlantic, scientists mapped the distribution of nutrients including phosphorous and nitrogen and investigated how organisms such as phytoplankton are sustained in areas with low nutrient levels.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm"><P>They found that plants are able to grow in these regions because they are able to take advantage of iron minerals in Saharan dust storms. This allows them to use organic or ‘recycled’ material from dead or decaying plants when nutrients such as phosphorous – an essential component of DNA – in the ocean are low.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/637AF5A9-2342-42E6-A200-8B288C9B59A1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK