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Diatoms Discovered to Help Oceans Monday, May 05, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Environment
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans – its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into an element that’s used for reproduction, energy storage and structural materials in every organism. Its understanding is vital to the continued quest to understand the growth of the oceans. (source: gatech.edu)
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