Posts Tagged ‘carbon cycle’
After die-off, forests hold tight to carbon
U. ARIZONA (US) — After a massive tree die-off, conventional wisdom has it that a forest will go from carbon sink to carbon source, but new research shows it’s not as dramatic an effect as previously thought. Continue…
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Earth & Environment - Mar 20, 2013 9:44 - 0 Comments
How deep carbon could pop up on Earth’s surface
UC DAVIS / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are showing geochemists how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth’s surface. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 21, 2013 11:30 - 4 Comments
Most abundant ocean viruses attack bacteria
U. ARIZONA (US) — Odd-looking viruses are waging war on an ocean-living bacterium that’s key to the Earth’s carbon cycle, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 18, 2013 12:00 - 1 Comment
Viruses infect tiny ocean creatures, too
CORNELL (US) — Scientists have found evidence that previously unknown viruses infect marine crustaceans called copepods, which are key to ocean carbon cycling. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 29, 2011 12:02 - 0 Comments
Deep-sea volcanoes air volatile side
MCGILL (CAN) — Deep-sea volcanoes do more than gush magma flow—in some cases high concentrations of CO2 cause massive underwater explosions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 10, 2011 14:12 - 5 Comments
Extinction ‘bubble’ predicts eco-meltdown
BROWN (US) — Two of the greatest mass extinctions in Earth’s history were instrumental in the collapse of marine ecosystems that then took up to 10 million years to stabilize. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 10, 2011 12:57 - 1 Comment
College students clueless about carbon
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Many college students lack basic knowledge about the carbon cycle and other fundamental processes in the natural world, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 11:52 - 0 Comments
Reading leaves to predict climate change
PENN STATE (US)—Fossil plant remains from millions of years ago may be the best predictor of future climate change caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 4, 2010 7:50 - 3 Comments
Carbon cycle snowballed out of control
PRINCETON (US)—New evidence uncovered by a team of geologists suggests that an episode 720 million years ago called “snowball Earth,” which may have covered the continents and oceans in a thick sheet of ice, produced a dramatic change in the carbon cycle. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 23, 2009 12:32 - 1 Comment
Green revolution fueled by duckweed?
RUTGERS (US)—In the search for new biomass sources, researchers are turning their attention to duckweed, an unassuming and fast-growing aquatic plant, which they say has tremendous potential to clean up pollution, combat global warming, and feed the world. (more…)
