Solid organic carbon (e.g., soil particles, phytoplankton cells) is buried in coastal sediments, where it is stored or decomposes to inorganic carbon and diffuses back into coastal waters.

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of ...

November 2024/Kiel. Professor Dr Susanne Neuer, renowned marine biogeochemist and professor at Arizona State University, was awarded the 31st Excellence Professorship from the Prof. Dr Werner Petersen ...

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic ...

The carbon cycle would not be possible without photosynthesis ... although green plants contribute much of the oxygen in the air we breathe, phytoplankton and cyanobacteria in the world's oceans ...

New research highlights the link between desertification and significant phytoplankton blooms in the Indian Ocean. A team led by John A. Gittings found that nutrient-rich dust from southern African ...

Seagrasses and phytoplankton near the ocean’s surface ... seagrasses and other forms of sea life interact sheds light on Earth’s carbon cycle. Carbon, a chemical element, is found in all ...

According to a recent study published in Nature, many planktonic foraminifera species may face unprecedented environmental ...

Accurately monitoring Earth's phytoplankton is essential, especially when it comes to understanding the effects of global warming or possible carbon-removal initiatives. The ability to track ...

The IAEA Environment Laboratories apply nuclear and isotopic techniques to better understand the carbon cycle, to evaluate the ocean’s ... the biological carbon pump, phytoplankton (microscopic marine ...

In our study, we use ~100,000 water-column profiles from BGC-Argo to describe Earth’s phytoplankton carbon biomass and its spatiotemporal variability. We estimate the global stock of open ocean ...