Question

The LOHAFEX experiment studied the environmental impacts of a sulfate of this element before being halted by the German government. John Martin’s “hypothesis” named for this element suggests that wind-blown addition of this element strengthens the biological pump during ice ages. Because it is limiting in HNLC regions, Russ George’s Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation controversially dumped this element to trigger blooms off the coast (10[1]-5[1])of (10[2])British Columbia. (-5[2])Fertilizing (10[1])oceans with this (-5[2])micronutrient (10[2]-5[3])has been (10[1])suggested as a (10[1])route to sequester (-5[1])carbon, (10[3])since this metal (-5[1])is required by photosynthetic cofactors (-5[1])in (-5[1])plankton. (-5[3])The oxygenation of the oceans is recorded (10[1])by “banded” formations of (10[1])this (10[1])metal, (10[2])which include ores (10[1])like hematite. (10[7])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this element alloyed with nickel in the Earth’s core. (10[2])■END■ (10[11]0[1])

ANSWER: iron [or Fe; accept banded iron formations; accept iron hypothesis; accept iron fertilization]
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Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CStanford B6310
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)GWU B (Grad)63-5
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordColumbia C6410
Sam MooreDurham ASheffield6410
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B66-5
Nathaniel MuncyTennesseeSouth Carolina66-5
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AOxford C6710
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)70-5
Drew WetterlindIowa StateMinnesota B70-5
Bianca Van ZileBinghamtonCornell A71-5
Tom ScheriRIT ARIT B71-5
Yashodev VyasMinnesota CArizona State71-5
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BOhio State A7110
Ian DewanKielCambridge B7110
Enoch YuenImperial ABristol7310
Rosa XiaCornell BCornell C7610
Rasheeq Azad (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)79-5
Noah ChenColumbia BPenn8010
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ANYU B8010
Jacob RobertsonOxford AKCL8010
Michał GerasimiukStanford AStanford C83-5
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Sam Macchi (DII)VassarRowan89-5
Alex Emmert (UG)Maryland B (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)90-5
Taiga ClarkeImperial BOxford B90-5
Alexander ClarkeDartmouth ABrandeis B90-5
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Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)JMU A (UG)10310
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Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)10810
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)10810
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonCedarville10810
Aisling SkeetDurham BWarwick10810
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Max NealHarvard BYale A10810
Yashwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan C10910
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayNYU A11110
Allan LeeStanford CStanford A12110
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