aerosols – oceanbites

Atmospheric Science Biogeochemistry Biological oceanography

Forest fires: Can oceans help?

In a recent study, it was found that the aerosols released from recent Australian forest fires (September 2019-March 2020) fertilized…

Biogeochemistry

Volcanoes fuel life in the ocean

Read about how volcanic ash travels hundreds of miles by wind and supplies iron, an essential nutrient, to ocean life.

Biology Ecology Hazards

Talk about hay fever: toxic algal blooms may cause one doozy of an allergic reaction

Since the late 1990s, human respiratory symptoms have been associated with seasonal blooms of the dinoflagellate Ostropsis cf. ovata along…

Atmospheric Chemistry Biology Chemistry Remote Sensing

A break-up in the relationship between organic carbon in sea spray and chlorophyll-a concentrations

The transfer of organic matter from the surface sea water to sea spray aerosols appears constant despite the concentration of…