In the ancient oceans, green rust's ability to pull nickel out of the water would have been critical for some life forms, since nickel is an important nutrient for microbes that produce methane.
By looking at which creatures flourish in their mesocosms, Ulf Riebesell of the Leibniz Institute for Marine Studies in Kiel and his colleagues hope to see changes as they take place by keeping an eye on the water chemistry and nutrient levels.
To address the issue, Dr. Colbert developed Illumino, an easily absorbed face oil with a blend of nutrient-rich ingredients like argan oil and borage seed oil.
The math translates into an ecological windfall for a necessarily critical mass of soil turnover, nutrient recycling, and various GHG sequestration, not to mention nitrification.