VOLCANIC ASH TEAM BACK AT SEA TO GATHER MORE DATA
Baku, July 20 (AZERTAC). A team of scientists has returned to the North Atlantic to get more data on how the Icelandic volcanic eruption has affected the region`s marine biology, BBC reports.
They are assessing whether iron within the vast volcanic ash cloud entered the ocean, causing an extended bloom of tiny organisms known as phytoplankton.
The team, in the middle of a five-week cruise, have recorded "enhanced levels" of iron in samples they have collected.
The latest project follows an earlier cruise, carried out in the spring.
The international team of researchers are hoping to measure if trace elements from the ash have had an impact on the region`s phytoplankton blooms.
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