Thursday 23 October 2014

The Ocean's Living Carbon Pumps

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The Ocean's Living Carbon Pumps
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Oct 23, 2014 - When we talk about global carbon fixation -"pumping" carbon out of the atmosphere and fixing it into organic molecules by photosynthesis - proper measurement is key to understanding this process. By some estimates, almost half of the world's organic carbon is fixed by marine organisms called phytoplankton - single-celled photosynthetic organisms that account for less than one percent of the tota ... more


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