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Imagen de microscopio de varios tipos de dinoflagelados
Posted inResearch Spotlights

El papel del fitoplancton de tamaño medio en la bomba biológica de la Tierra

by Kate Wheeling 21 July 202128 September 2021

Una nueva investigación revela que el nanoplancton podría tener una mayor influencia en el ciclo del carbono de lo que se pensaba.

Microscope image of several types of dinoflagellates
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Role of Midsized Phytoplankton in Earth’s Biological Pump

by Kate Wheeling 4 February 202121 July 2021

New research finds that nanoplankton may have a larger influence on carbon cycling than previously thought.

A large swirling plankton bloom is seen in the Gulf of Alaska in this satellite image taken in June 2016
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Promising Development for Detecting Ocean Productivity

by Terri Cook 3 November 2020

A comparison of primary productivity measurements across the North Pacific Ocean demonstrates the potential for using autonomous instruments to discern effects of climate change on the marine food web.

Phytoplankton under a scanning electron microscope
Posted inNews

Artificial Intelligence Can Spot Plankton from Space

by Jenessa Duncombe 6 September 20196 September 2019

Training an algorithm with satellite images of ocean color reveals the blooms and busts of phytoplankton communities.

Photo of hundreds of foram tests on a black background
Posted inNews

Nineteen Eighty-Forams

by L. Joel 22 July 2019

Facial recognition technology is helping researchers identify marine microorganisms.

Marine scientists deploy a video plankton recorder in the high-latitude North Atlantic in April 2012.
Posted inScience Updates

Optical Sensors Can Shed Light on Particle Dynamics in the Ocean

by S. L. C. Giering 2 May 201728 September 2021

First TOMCAT Workshop; Southampton, UK, 12–14 September 2016

The cable ship René Descartes lays an underwater fiber optic cable near the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
Posted inScience Updates

Commercial Underwater Cable Systems Could Reduce Disaster Impact

by F. Tilmann, B. M. Howe and R. Butler 23 March 201728 September 2021

Workshop on SMART Cable Applications in Earthquake and Tsunami Science and Early Warning; Potsdam, Germany, 3–4 November 2016

Researchers have developed a new tool to assess short-term changes in threatened coral reefs.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Develop New Tool to Monitor Reef Health

by Sarah Stanley 2 March 20172 March 2017

A first-of-its-kind system could reveal short-term changes in threatened reefs worldwide.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Drifting Floats Reveal Nitrate Patterns in Mediterranean Sea

by Kate Wheeling 30 March 201630 March 2016

Next-generation autonomous platforms allow scientists to understand physical mechanisms that control nitrate availability in the Mediterranean surface water.

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