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Tag: microbes

Impacts of oil spills in the Arctic can last for decades
Pollution

Impacts of oil spills in the Arctic can last for decades

Forty years after an oil spill in the Arctic, the beaches look normal to bare eyes – but are they?
August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 Jiwoon Park
Everyone poops: How fish poop impacts coral
Coral Ecology

Everyone poops: How fish poop impacts coral

Like all animals on earth, fish poop. But how does that affect coral?
April 28, 2023April 27, 2023 Jaclyn Torkelson
Deep seafloor microbes are active at extreme temperatures
Biogeochemistry

Deep seafloor microbes are active at extreme temperatures

Researchers have discovered bacteria that redefine the temperature limit for sediment life.
February 28, 2022February 26, 2022 Sarah Brown
Are biodegradable plastics too good to be true? Here’s what actually happens to them in the ocean
Pollution

Are biodegradable plastics too good to be true? Here’s what actually happens to them in the ocean

“Biodegradable plastics are better for the environment!” You might have heard this a lot, but is this true? Do biodegradable…
June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Jiwoon Park
Superoxide: A Super Sink of Ocean Oxygen
Chemistry

Superoxide: A Super Sink of Ocean Oxygen

Ever wondered how oxygen gets depleted in the ocean? A new study suggests that a significant fraction is transformed into…
April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Amanda Semler
Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ecology Genetics genomics Microbiology

Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments

How do microbes in lake sediments respond to small and large scale influences, and what does it have to do…
December 25, 2019December 26, 2019 Nyla Husain
Microbe Mishap: Microplastic Pollution on the Coast of China
Plastic Pollution

Microbe Mishap: Microplastic Pollution on the Coast of China

Marine plastic pollution has vast negative effects on the environment and human health. Microbes on the plastic may be transferring…
April 24, 2018May 1, 2018 LeAundra Jeffs
MAC-EXP: A new sediment corer designed to maintain in situ pressure conditions
Book Review deep sea ocean engineering technology

MAC-EXP: A new sediment corer designed to maintain in situ pressure conditions

The MAC-EXP, a pressure-coring experimentation and cultivation system, was designed to advance our ability to analyze the microbial processes in…
November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 Anne M. Hartwell
A blanket of oil: the role of bacteria in cleaning up after Deepwater Horizon
Microbiology

A blanket of oil: the role of bacteria in cleaning up after Deepwater Horizon

Nearly one million barrels of oil landed on the seafloor after the Deepwater Horizon spill - a feast if bacteria…
November 21, 2017 Michael Graw
Popping bubbles: Measuring nitrogen fixation in the ocean
Methodology

Popping bubbles: Measuring nitrogen fixation in the ocean

Scientists have been measuring nitrogen fixation in the ocean wrong - but a new method offers a simple fix.
October 24, 2017 Michael Graw
The answer to starvation? Diversity
Microbiology

The answer to starvation? Diversity

Photosynthetic microorganisms can't go it alone, so they succeed by playing host to a diverse array of microbial partners
August 30, 2017August 28, 2017 Michael Graw
Ocean Acidification

Stressed-out microbes in an acidifying ocean

The ocean is acidifying in response to carbon dioxide emissions, but we are just beginning to learn how this effects…
May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 Michael Graw
Biological oceanography

Microbes: The original organic cleaning agents

Natural and human caused leakage of oil into the environment is commonplace throughout the world. Scientists are learning how microbes…
November 15, 2016November 15, 2016 Zak Kerrigan

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