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Biogeochemistry Reduction in Deforestation Influencing Atmospheric CO2 Since 2000, atmospheric CO2 hasn’t been rising as quickly as we expected. It may be because plants on land have…
Biogeochemistry Evidence of the Ocean Releasing CO2 Starting 8,000 years ago, a modest but unusual rise in atmospheric CO2 has kept our planet livable and paved the…
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Biogeochemistry Climate Change Physical oceanography Sea Ice Sea Ice Modifies Biological Processes A recent study investigates the relationship between sea ice variability and phytoplankton growth in climate models. Phytoplankton are responsible for…
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Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification Gassing Earth Out of the Ice Age: the North Pacific Enhanced upwelling and CO2 degassing from the North Pacific during a warm climate event 14,000 years ago may have helped…
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Biogeochemistry Warmer Waters Will Trap Nutrients Down Deep Climate change is warming the ocean and altering how deep water is transported. Researchers in this study estimate that by…
Biogeochemistry Let it Sludge! Marine snow has a lot in common with particles that form during waste water treatment. Read on to find out…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Physical oceanography Sea Ice Fate of Dissolved Carbon in the Antarctic The ocean surrounding Antarctica, called the Southern Ocean, accounts for about 40% of the total global ocean carbon uptake. This…
Biogeochemistry What happens to CO2 levels during El Niño? Thanks to NASA’s new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite, we now know when and where CO2 levels change during El Niño,…
Biogeochemistry The Subtle Response of Plants to Rising CO2 Levels Plants need carbon dioxide. What do they do when there’s more and more of it in the atmosphere?
Biogeochemistry New Evidence of Erosion, Weathering and CO2 Together Regulating Glacier Formation Ice cover on earth extends and recedes over thousands of years. But what drives these fluctuations? Moreover, what guarantees that…
Biogeochemistry An arsenic surprise: How our buried past will catch up with us Global sea level is expected to rise 0.8 to 1 meter by 2100 and may release arsenic trapped in soil.…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Suffocating crabs and a one-way street for carbon Seafloor life is in danger of running out of oxygen as the ocean warms, but this may actually help to…
Biogeochemistry Microbiology Methane on the dinner menu Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas - but just how much and how fast can they…
Biogeochemistry Funny happenings in the tropical Pacific Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas made by environmental microbes. In the ocean, microbes making this greenhouse gas live…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Conservation Microbiology Sea Ice A mercurial tug o’ war in Antarctic sea ice DNA from bacteria living in Antarctic sea ice provides a clue to the mysterious origins of methyl mercury in seawater…