Boaty McBoatface is doing important work.
#boatymcboatface #marinesnow #microscopicorganisms
#carbonpump #marineresearch #science
Down into the ocean's 'twilight zone' with Boaty McBoatface https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy849kzep98o?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
Our #MarineSnow Catchers come in a variety of sizes, from 50L to 300L. On recovery these giant water samplers have to settle on deck to allow the undamaged marine snow particles to sink to the bottom chamber for sampling. http://bit.ly/3SkXLam #carbonpump
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Our colleague Frédéric Le Moigne contributed to an international study on the efficiency of the #ocean #carbonpump. The study, published this week in #naturejournal reassesses the ocean’s capacity to store #carbon particularly through ‘marine snow’. The #CNRS issued a press release about this publication :
https://www-iuem.univ-brest.fr/lemar/the-ocean-may-be-storing-more-carbon-than-estimated-in-previous-studies/?lang=en
massive wildfire on Ciovo Island, Croatia
https://t.me/Disaster_News/2451
#climatecrisis #wildfires #carbonpump #runawayeffect #croatia #ciovo
"#Seabirds distribute #nutrients, in the form of guano, that’s beneficial to #plankton, #seagrass and #coral reefs, which, in turn, nurtures fish populations that are eaten by seabirds and marine mammals in a cycle that forms a biological #CarbonPump. The stronger the pump, the more carbon dioxide it pushes into seabed sediment storage.
#CarbonSequestration
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12052023/seabirds-restoration-climate-change/
Seabirds evolved about 60 million years ago, as Earth’s continents drifted toward their current positions and modern oceans took shape. They spread across thousands of undisturbed islands in the widening seas. And as flying dinosaurs and giant omnivorous sea reptiles died out, seabirds also started filling an ecological niche as ecosystem engineers. They distribute nutrients, […]
Arctic Carbon Conveyor Belt Discovered https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/arktisches-kohlenstoff-foerderband-entdeckt.html
#CarbonDioxide sink in the #ArcticOcean from cross-shelf transport of dense #BarentsSea water https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01069-z
A previously unknown transport route uses the biological #CarbonPump and #OceanCurrents to absorb atmospheric #CO2 on the scale of Iceland’s total annual #emissions. The outflow manifests in seasonal pulses, since in the #Arctic, the absorption of CO2 by #phytoplankton only takes place in summer.
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