the ocean, soil and sediment, as part of what is called ‘the global carbon cycle.’ A change in any of these fluxes could have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems and our climate. The IAEA Environment ...

They act as carbon vaults by sinking to the bottom of the ocean when they ... and dying. The diagram below explains how. Any animal, big or small, is part of a carbon cycle. Carbon is present ...

Figure 1: Global circulation diagram relevant for the carbon cycle, and experimental set-up ... These nutrients are advected and mixed into the deep ocean; the preformed nutrient concentration ...

But that waste is pure gold to an oceanographer. In a study of the ocean's role in the global carbon cycle, oceanographers used those nuggets to their advantage. They incorporated the lifecycle of ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Little light permeates 100 meters below sea level where ...

While researchers have long suspected that whales are key players in the ocean’s carbon cycle, quantifying exactly how these animals alter the seas — and what we lost with their decimation a ...

26-37 (12 pages) ABSTRACTVarious human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and forest clearing, emit about eight petagrams (or billion tons) of carbon in the form of CO₂ into the atmosphere ...

We use climate models and oceanographic observations to study the biogeochemistry of the ocean, including its carbon cycle. Many of our studies look at the connection between the ocean carbon cycle ...

These tiny organisms, commonly called “forams,” are ubiquitous in marine environments and play a key role in food webs and the ocean carbon cycle. After exposing them to a range of acidity levels, UC ...