Microscopic ‘eating and pooping machines’ are great at sucking up carbon
The new technique begins with large blooms of microscopic plants called phytoplankton. These phytoplankton blooms remove ...
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Poop of the Ocean's Tiniest Organisms Could Combat Climate Change
He and colleagues propose a novel approach that involves zooplankton poop in a Nature report. Many groups are proposing ...
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Charlamagne Tha God appeared on the Dec. 4 episode of “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) and got into a debate with ...
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Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa
When tiny marine plants are exposed to mineral enriched dust blown into the sea from the land, they bloom over thousands of ...
Clay dust method turns CO₂ into food that zooplankton expel into the deep sea
A Dartmouth-led study proposes a new method for recruiting trillions of microscopic sea creatures called zooplankton in the ...
earth11 天
Earth's oceans are rapidly changing colors, and humans are directly to blame
Over the past 20 years, scientists have observed a widespread shift in the color of our oceans, signaling big changes beneath ...
EurekAlert!23 小时
Clay-Carbon flocs (IMAGE)
The researchers' method would spray clay dust on large blooms of microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton, which can cover hundreds of square miles and remove 150 billion tons of carbon dioxide ...
Phys.org21 天
Madagascar's huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa
This leads to the development of a phytoplankton bloom. Phytoplankton cells contain chlorophyll, a green pigment that affects the color of oceanic surface waters. This can be detected from space ...
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Patagonian Shelf Waters Abloo in austral spring, NASA Earth Observatory
An austral spring 2024, a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Argentina painted the waters blue and green. Blooms are common ...