Cutoff switch may limit spread, duration of oxygen minimum zones

A new study examining the impact of iron released from continental margin sediments has documented a natural limiting switch that may keep these ocean systems from developing a runaway feedback loop that could lead to unchecked hypoxic areas, or persistent “dead zones.”

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