News tagged with marine biogeochemistry

International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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New dataset provides 40-year record of carbon dioxide accumulation in the surface ocean

The most comprehensive dataset of surface water carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements for the world's oceans and coastal seas is launched today by an international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). ...

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created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Glaciers: Fossil fuel signature found in Alaskan ice

New clues as to how the Earth's remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution are locked, frozen in the ice of glaciers. That is the finding of a group of scientists, including Robert ...

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created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers meet to refine carbon budget for US East Coast

A group of 35 researchers from institutions all along the eastern seaboard gathered at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science last week to further integrate and refine field measurements and computer models ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ancient environment drives marine biodiversity, study says

Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record – but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth?

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created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New technique unlocks secrets of ancient ocean

Earth's largest mass extinction event, the end-Permian mass extinction, occurred some 252 million years ago. An estimated 90 percent of Earth's marine life was eradicated. To better understand the cause of ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cruising the Chesapeake for water and air quality

A NASA-led team of scientists took to the Chesapeake Bay this summer to study a diverse yet close-to-home ecosystem in a field campaign that will help the agency determine how to study ocean health and air ...

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created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brown tide culprit sequenced: Genome of the first of algal bloom species

Algae play key roles in the global carbon cycle, helping sequester significant amounts of carbon. Some algal species can bloom, or become so numerous, that they discolor coastal waters and reduce the amount ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New evidence supports 'Snowball Earth' as trigger for early animal evolution

A team of scientists, led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside, has found new evidence linking "Snowball Earth" glacial events to the rise of early animals.

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

New computer model advances climate change research

Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 12

Scientist Takes Comprehensive Look at Human Impacts on Ocean Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Numerous studies are documenting the growing effects of climate change, carbon dioxide, pollution and other human-related phenomena on the world’s oceans. But most of those have studied single, ...

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created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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