Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...

Since physical and chemical erosion yield comparable carbon fluxes, studying both together is essential to avoid biases in erosion-driven carbon flux estimates.

Sulfate-reducing bacteria break down a large proportion of the organic carbon in the oxygen-free zones of Earth, and in the ...

A research team has now published a study on this topic in the journal Science Advances. For their study, the team fed organic material labeled with 13 C carbon—either an algae-lipid mix or ...

(A) Photosynthesis in land plants fixes atmospheric CO2 (inorganic carbon) as organic carbon, which is either stored as plant biomass or in soil, or is decomposed back to CO2 through plant and ...

Credit: Leon Pauleikhoff/Unsplash The fast carbon cycle is concerned with living things. Carbon is found in organic matter (carbon-based compounds associated with living things), from complex ...

Volatile organic compounds were found in Finland within a borehole extending over two kilometers deep. Volatile organic ...

Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in carbon storage and oxygen generation. Some of these ecosystems are under threat; others remain unexplored. Understanding how key players such as whales ...

A pioneering study has uncovered the complex molecular interactions between nanoplastics (NPs) and natural organic matter (NOM) in aquatic ecosystems, offering a deeper understanding of their ...

A group of scientists from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, has discovered how special bacteria in the ocean break down ...

The 'boundless carbon cycle' would also promote the scientific exploration of fluxes of organic carbon across the terrestrial–aquatic interface, its fate in inland waters and feedbacks with ...

The IAEA Environment Laboratories apply nuclear and isotopic techniques to better understand the carbon cycle, to evaluate the ocean’s ... photosynthesis convert it to particulate and dissolved ...