They analyzed 22 global dust records in sediment cores, and found that since the Cenozoic era, dust deposition in major ocean basins increased stepwise, with sharp rises aligned with Northern ...

Sixty-million-year-old rock samples from deep under the ocean have revealed how huge amounts of carbon dioxide are stored for ...

Icebergs cool and dilute the ocean water they pass through and also affect the distribution carbon-dioxide-absorbing phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, according to a team of researchers from UC San ...

A new method to convert waste plastic to fuel and raw materials promises to help close the carbon cycle at mild temperature and with high yield. There's a lot of potentially useful raw materials bound ...

When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building ...

Florida State University oceanographers have discovered a significant connection between small-scale microbial processes and ...

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Data reports that Australia alone generates about 83,000 US tons of spent coffee grounds. But instead of letting it end up in ...