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Why lions can thank wildfires for the African Savanna

Sediment records show that wildfires caused the initial expansion of grasslands in Africa during the Miocene (8 million years ago)…

Biogeochemistry

Carbon on Fire! The role dissolved black carbon plays in the ocean

Fire-derived carbon (or black carbon) composes at least 10% of the marine dissolved organic carbon pool and may act accelerate…

Biogeochemistry Chemistry

Waiter, there’s a whale in my soup: investigating the South Pacific garbage patch

Plastic debris has been found in both the North Pacific and North Atlantic since the early 1970s. It accumulates in…

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Welcome to oceanbites!

I’m excited to announce the launch of oceanbites.org! Inspired by the successful and informative astrobites.org, oceanbites is a blog where…