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Lagoons as carbon reservoirs

High concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere and the associated global warming are making us more and more aware of how imperative it is to preserve the carbon…

Novel study underscores microbial individuality

A single drop of seawater can contain a wide representation of ocean microbes from around the world – revealing novel insights into the ecology, evolution and…

Shrinking of Greenland's glaciers began accelerating in 2000, research finds

Satellite data has given scientists clues about how, when and why Greenland's glaciers are shrinking – and shows a sharp increase in glacial retreat beginning…

Researchers develop first mathematical proof for key law of turbulence in fluid mechanics

What if engineers could design a better jet with mathematical equations that drastically reduce the need for experimental testing? Or what if weather…

Could we cool the Earth with an ice-free Arctic?

Scientists estimate that summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean will be largely gone within a generation. This is bad news for the world, as ice and snow reflect a…

Could dark carbon be hiding the true scale of ocean 'dead zones'?

The regions are created when large amounts of organic material produced by algae sinks towards the seafloor, using up the oxygen present in the deep water.

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