{"id":21679,"date":"2021-05-06T10:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/?p=21679"},"modified":"2021-05-06T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:18:21","slug":"john-martin-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2021\/05\/06\/john-martin-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change and the Legacy of Moss Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"By Erick Partida, MLML Chemical Oceanography Lab<\/a><\/h3>\n

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One of the many points of pride<\/a> that Moss Landing Marine Laboratories holds up is the legacy of our former director Dr. John H. Martin, and his formulation of the Iron Hypothesis. This hypothesis, and the experiments conducted to prove the hypothesis transformed our understanding of oceanography as well as our understanding of climate change and earth\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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John Martin\u2019s Iron Hypothesis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout the ocean, the growth of microscopic plants, or micro-algae in a particular region is controlled primarily by the availability of nutrients (things like nitrate and phosphate that are like food to a plant) within that region. These micro-algae are extremely important, not only for oxygen production but for the uptake of the greenhouse gas, CO2 from our atmosphere, and their eventual transfer of that carbon to the deep ocean. This process of removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is a vital component controlling the earth\u2019s climate, and its function relies almost entirely on the availability of nutrients.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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