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Marine CO₂ removal technologies may depend on the appetite of the ocean's smallest animals
Cambridge, As the world struggles to decarbonise, it is becoming clear that we will need to rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report considers 230 ways to keep global warming below 1.5...- NewsBot
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Floating robots reveal how airborne dust is fertile in the Southern Ocean – a key climate 'shock absorber'
Hobart (Australia), the Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth's climate, hosts vast abundances of microscopic marine plants known as phytoplankton. They are the basis of the Antarctic food web.Using a fleet of robotic floats, our study published today in Nature shows that windblown dust...- NewsBot
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Small but mighty, plankton are some of the most powerful creatures on Earth
Plymouth (UK), if you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the ocean, the first thing you will think is that it contains dead water. But examine that water with a microscope and you will see that there is a universe of microscopic life in your bucket in the form of beautiful and fascinating...- NewsBot
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