Climate change may cause lake phytoplankton to become predatory, putting more CO2 into the atmosphereClimate
Climate change may cause lake phytoplankton to become predatory, putting more CO2 into the atmosphere
By Beatrix Beisner, The Conversation Plankton — tiny organisms that are present in salt and freshwater — account for about half of the photosynthesis on the…
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Full articleHow heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplanktonClimateScience
How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton
By Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to…
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Full articleFloating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’ClimateScience
Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’
By Jakob Weis, University of Tasmania; Andrew Bowie, University of Tasmania; Christina Schallenberg, CSIRO; Peter Strutton, University of Tasmania, and Zanna Chase, University of Tasmania…
SourceMay 17, 2024
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