A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery that paints a clearer picture of carbon flow through the environment and ...
In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers ...
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Hidden bacteria in marine snow may be dissolving ocean shells — and disrupting carbon storage
Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.
When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...
Bacteria hitchhiking on marine snow can dissolve its calcium carbonate ballast, slowing the particles’ descent.
Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. In Chapter 5, students learned how the process of dissolving ...
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery that paints a clearer picture of carbon flow through the environment and ...
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