Researchers explore ocean microbes’ role in climate effects

Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 09:11 in Earth & Climate

A new study shows that “hotspots” of nutrients surrounding phytoplankton — which are tiny marine algae producing approximately half of the oxygen we breathe every day — play an outsized role in the release of a gas involved in cloud formation and climate regulation. The new research quantifies the way specific marine bacteria process a […]

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