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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.

The Arctic atmosphere – a gathering place for dust?

RV Polarstern (86°N,121°E). The atmosphere of the central Arctic is polluted with fine dust from Siberia and North America. This was the result of a…

Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus

The spotted compounds are the derivatives of aspterric acid which herbicidal activity was previously highlighted in a scientific report published in Nature…

Solving the mystery of carbon on ocean floor

For years, researchers looking at seafloor sediments would find bits of black carbon along with organic carbon strewn across the ocean floor, but they couldn't…

Lights on fishing nets save turtles and dolphins

LED lights along the top of floating gillnets cut accidental “bycatch” of sea turtles by more than 70%, and that of small cetaceans (including dolphins and…

For some corals, meals can come with a side of microplastics

Synthetic clothing, containers, bottles, plastic bags and cosmetics all degrade and release microplastics into the environment. Corals and other marine…

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