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Scientists have discovered a vast plume of iron and other micronutrients more than 1,000 km long billowing from hydrothermal vents in the South Atlantic Ocean. The finding calls past estimates of iron abundances into question, and may challenge researchers' assumptions about iron sources in the world's seas. This study and other studies like it are going to force the scientific community to reevaluate how much iron is really being contributed by hydrothermal vents. [Source: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute]
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