Partículas diminutas de plástico degradadas y cubiertas por biopelículas se hunden hasta el fondo marino llevando consigo carbono.
Oceans
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Metals Could Reveal Corals’ Past Lives
Examining the role of stable metal isotopes in biological activities such as photosynthesis provides a promising new avenue of research into how coral responds to environmental stressors.
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Oceans May Have Already Seen 1.7°C of Warming
The global warming clock started ticking decades earlier than current estimates assume, according to Caribbean sponges.
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New Satellite Will Help NASA Keep PACE with Earth Systems
Color and light measurements will help scientists better assess how our oceans and atmosphere interact.
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Cuando los bosques en la tierra arden, los bosques submarinos sienten el impacto
El kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un agente aglomerante en tu helado. Pero estudios recientes muestran que los bosques de kelp en California son afectados por el destino de sus contrapartes sobre tierra.
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Shallow Seawater Chemistry May Make Reefs More Resistant to Ocean Acidification
Research from the Florida Keys reveals geographic and seasonal variation in the effects of acidification on corals.
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Deep Learning Tackles Deep Uncertainty
A new method based on artificial intelligence could help accelerate projections of polar ice melt and future sea level rise.
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A Closer Look-Sea at the Ocean’s Carbon Cycle
In the February issue of Eos, we dive deep to better understand opportunities, challenges, and ongoing mysteries posed by carbon’s role in marine environments.
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Bottom Trawling Shreds the Seafloor. It May Also Be a Huge Source of Carbon Emissions.
Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.
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Compound Extreme Events Threaten Marine Ecosystems
Short-term extreme marine heat wave events superimposed on stressors from longer-term climate change produce compound extreme events that impact the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem.