Science News for Kids » diatom http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Iron versus climate change http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/iron-versus-climate-change/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/iron-versus-climate-change/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:43:09 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13519 A tiny organism called a diatom can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carry the carbon to the bottom of the ocean. Credit: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute.

Metal deposits can promote the growth of ocean algae that gobble greenhouse gas]]> A tiny organism called a diatom can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and carry the carbon to the bottom of the ocean. Credit: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute.

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