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Tag: carbon pump

As Elusive as a Cheshire Cat : Phytoplankton vs. Marine Viruses
Biological oceanography

As Elusive as a Cheshire Cat : Phytoplankton vs. Marine Viruses

Phytoplankton escape infection by marine viruses by becoming invisible to them using a new tactic: the “Cheshire Cat” strategy.
May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 Neeharika Verma
ocean engineering

Mucus flux and other amazing discoveries with underwater cameras

Scientists have been taking pictures underwater since the turn of the 19th century. But only recently have researchers and engineers…
May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 Eric Orenstein
Biogeochemistry

Estimating carbon sequestration from plankton poop

Copepod fecal pellets—plankton poop—transport carbon from the ocean surface to the deep where it is stored for thousands of years.…
October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 Michael Philben

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