Tiny gypsum crystals can make phytoplankton so heavy that they rapidly sink, transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean's depths. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute recently observed this phenomenon for the ...
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2018
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The increasing sunlight and warmth of springtime provoke buds and blooms amidst the trees, flowers, and grasses on land. Warm air and sunlight also beget warmer ocean waters and provoke blooms of the "grass of the sea"—phytoplankton. ...
Earth Sciences
May 9, 2018
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Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.
Environment
May 7, 2018
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Even when Arctic water becomes more acidic and the available light or temperatures change, phytoplankton assemblages in the ocean demonstrate undiminished productivity and biodiversity. They form the basis of the Arctic food ...
Environment
Apr 30, 2018
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Nitrogen is a hot commodity in the surface ocean. Primary producers including phytoplankton and other microorganisms consume and transform it into organic molecules to build biomass, while others transform inorganic forms ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2018
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A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has demonstrated that the excess carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2018
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia have discovered a key gene for the synthesis of one of the world's most abundant sulfur molecules.
Environment
Feb 26, 2018
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Ocean food resources are most volatile in areas which hold most of the world's marine resources, like fish, a new study has revealed.
Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2018
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Phytoplankton blooms are one of the most important factors contributing to the efficiency of the carbon pump in the North Atlantic Ocean. To better understand this phenomenon, the ERC remOcean project, led by researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2018
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A new study, led by the University of Glasgow and published today in PNAS, found that cyclical changes in nature, such as seasons and tides, may create suitable conditions for the coexistence of a large number of species.
Environment
Dec 19, 2017
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