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Scientists make stunning discovery after examining microscopic animal droppings: 'They are hundreds of meters below the surface'
The method will likely be tested off the Southern California coast with a crop duster, according to the information relayed ...
‘Marine Snow’ Could Help Drown Our Carbon Crisis—A Biologist Explains
With carbon emissions continuing to grow exponentially, the key to unlocking a greener world could lie in the feeding (and ...
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Power of poop: Trillions of zooplankton help trap carbon deep in the ocean
In an innovative effort to combat climate change, a Dartmouth-led study has proposed a method that employs trillions of ...
Microscopic ‘eating and pooping machines’ are great at sucking up carbon
The petite poop from the world’s smallest animals might help suck some greenhouse gasses out of the Earth’s atmosphere. While ...
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Scientists make alarming new discovery about the behavior of microplastics: 'Even the smallest plastic fragments ...'
A recent study by researchers from Queen Mary University of London discovered that microplastics are now attaching themselves to swiftly moving natural particles known as flocs. These particles ...
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Understanding the Structure-Function Relationships of Aquatic Sediment Flocs
Flocs influence a wide array of environmental phenomena, from the transport and fate of sediments, contaminants and biological matter within rivers and estuaries, to the effective removal of ...