"I am really excited about these articles from our North Pacific GEOTRACES work, which was the first NSF funding I received after arriving at CMS. Our studies target the cycling of trace metals in the region of oldest ocean waters, and answer questions I have been puzzling over for years - some of which have been around since before I was born! We knock down the idea that oxygen minimum zones are places where metals precipitate, and we show that particle-scavenging is needed to complete our understanding of the global zinc cycle." –Tim Conway, Associate Professor.
![The trace metal CTD rosette gets hauled back on board during the GP15 cruise in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: Alex Fox](/marine-science/news/images/trace-metal-ctd-rosette-gets-hauled-back-on-board-during-the-gp15-cruise-445x446.png)
The trace metal CTD rosette gets hauled back on board during the GP15 cruise in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: Alex Fox