phytoplankton
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Plankton Are Central to Life on Earth. How Is Climate Change Affecting Them?
Plankton play many important roles on the planet. How will climate change affect them, and is it already happening?
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Every (Fifth) Breath We Take: Friends of Phytoplankton and Why They Matter
Tiny microbes called phytoplankton live beneath the ocean’s surface, producing oxygen that is essential to human survival. A new study sheds light on how these all-important diatoms survive and thrive under difficult conditions.
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Columbia Team Helps Investigate Algae Bloom Near Kilauea Eruption
Researchers from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are exploring how volcanic inputs are influencing ocean health in Hawaii.
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Iron Chemistry Matters for Ocean Carbon Uptake
An interdisciplinary team of scientists has discovered that, contrary to general scientific belief, iron in nondissolved particle form can stimulate phytoplankton growth, and that the chemical form that particulate iron takes is critical to ocean photosynthesis.
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In Gulf of Mexico, Microbes Thrive Above Natural Oil Seeps
New insight into how plankton and oil interact
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Polar Ice, Penguin Tracks and Phytoplankton
Jeff Bowman, a postdoctoral research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is in Antarctica for the field season studying how phytoplankton and bacteria interact. Follow his reports from Palmer Station.
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Ecosystems Push South
Warming Climate Drives Plankton and Penguins Poleward
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Amazon Outflow is Found to Power Ocean Capture of Carbon Dioxide
River nourishes unexpected plant life, trapping greenhouse gas
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Voyage To Southern Ocean Aims To Understand Air-Sea Fluxes Of Greenhouse Gases
High winds and big waves are part of the data – and the challenge
