News tagged with marine carbon cycle
Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers
Jun 29, 2009 |
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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 ...
Fish guts explain marine carbon cycle mystery
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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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.
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Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science ...
Marine bacteria can create environmentally friendly energy source
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Jan 10, 2007 |
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Bacteria in the world’s oceans can efficiently exploit solar energy to grow, thanks to a unique light-capturing pigment. This discovery was made by researchers at University of Kalmar in Sweden, in collaboration with researchers ...
Ozone hole reduces atmospheric CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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Does ozone have an impact on the ocean's role as a "carbon sink"? Yes, according to researchers from France. Using original simulations, they have demonstrated that the hole in the ozone layer reduces atmospheric carbon uptake ...
Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed. The researchers report in the December 12, 2008 issue of Science that d ...
Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'
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Jul 09, 2009 |
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Iron and manganese compounds, in addition to sulfate, may play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide and eventually carbonates in the Earth's oceans, according to a team of researchers ...
Scientists say climate change mitigation strategies ignore carbon cycling processes of inland waters
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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In the paper, The Boundless Carbon Cycle, published in the September issue of Nature Geoscience, scientists from the University of Vienna, Uppsala University in Sweden, University of Antwerp, and the U.S. based Stroud Water ...
New isotope cluster could lead to better understanding of atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has discovered an unexpected concentration of a certain isotopic molecule in parts of the stratosphere that could have implications for understanding the carbon cycle ...
Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback system— a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. A joint University of Hawaii / Carnegie ...
Mystery Solved: Marine Microbe Is Source of Rare Nutrient
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of South Carolina has solved a ten-year-old ...
Scientist Uses Tracer to Predict Ancient Ocean Circulation
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even though the Cretaceous Period ended more than 65 million years ago, clues remain about how the ocean water circulated at that time. Measuring a chemical tracer in samples of ancient fish scales, bones ...
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