News tagged with marine carbon cycle

Shells slim down with CO2

Marine algae that turn carbon dissolved in seawater into shell will produce thinner and thinner shells as carbon dioxide levels increase.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Identical virus, host populations can prevail for centuries

A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientist, analyzing ancient plankton DNA signatures in sediments of the Black Sea, has found for the first time that the same genetic populations of a virus and its algal host ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome of marine organism reveals hidden secrets

An international team of researchers led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has deciphered the genome of a tropical marine organism known to produce substances potentially ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rhodopsin phototrophy promotes bacterial survival

Bacteria in the ocean can harvest light energy from sunlight to promote survival thanks to a unique photoprotein. This novel finding by a team of scientists in Sweden and Spain is to be published next week in the online, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ocean census uncovers 'new world' of marine microbe life

An ocean census has revealed a "new world" of richly diverse marine microbe life that could help scientists understand more about key environmental processes on Earth, a study said Sunday.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 18, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers

The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes. These little-known marine species were selected for sequencing ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New images of marine microbe illuminate carbon and nitrogen fixation

Trichodesmium is unusual among marine microbes because it both "breathes" carbon dioxide like plants, while also taking nitrogen gas from the air and "fixing" it into a fertilizer of the seas.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fish guts explain marine carbon cycle mystery

Research published today reveals the major influence of fish on maintaining the delicate pH balance of our oceans, vital for the health of coral reefs and other marine life.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1