The oceans are the planet's most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millenia. But the process of locking away greenhouse gas is weakened by activity of the Southern Ocean, so ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2018
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The ocean is a major influence on the world's climate and must be included in modelling to predict future climate change.
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2018
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In the absence of carbon, life on Earth cannot exist. Yet much of how this fundamental element circulates throughout the planet's oceans remains a scientific mystery.
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2017
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We know a lot about how carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can drive climate change, but how about the way that climate change can cause fluctuations in CO2 levels? New research from an international team of scientists reveals one ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2017
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Vast and amorphous, the ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. It is a key player in the global carbon cycle, producing about half of the world's output of organic carbon.
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2016
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The ocean has been sucking up heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) building up in our atmosphere—with a little help from tiny plankton. Like plants on land, these plankton convert CO2 into organic carbon via photosynthesis. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2015
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Nothing dies of old age in the ocean. Everything gets eaten and all that remains of anything is waste. But that waste is pure gold to oceanographer David Siegel, director of the Earth Research Institute at UC Santa Barbara.
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2014
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The discussion over the best ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere often includes measures that entail planting trees. But this discussion overlooks an important factor: ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A study in today's issue of Scientific Reports, a new online journal from the Nature Publishing Group, shows that small forage fish like anchovies can play an important role in the "biological pump," the process ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2012
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