Partner: NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
![Plankton bloom seen from space. Credit: NASA](https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/phytoplankton-bloom-nz-nasa-modis-800-768x384.webp)
- PI(s): Dennis McGillicuddy
- Fiscal Year Funded: 2023
Why we care Iron is a critical limiting nutrient for phytoplankton in the ocean. Iron fertilization adds this limiting nutrient to promote phytoplankton blooms as a way to take up..
![Methane seeps from the benthos in the Atlantic. Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration](https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Methane_vents_ATL_canyons_ROV_2017_NOAA_OceanExploration-768x432.webp)
- PI(s): Cristina Schultz
- Fiscal Year Funded: 2023
Why we care The ocean seafloor, or benthos, serves as the only long-term storage of oceanic carbon on geologic timescales. However, the interaction between ocean water and sediments and its..