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 […]