The biological carbon pump is a critical component of the Earth's carbon cycle, involving the uptake and fixation of ...
A research team with scientists from MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen studied the ...
Key PointsEarly Earth's atmosphere contained carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen and water vapor, but it was virtually devoid of free oxygen.The ...
The biological carbon pump moves carbon from near the ocean's surface to deeper regions, maintaining the upper ocean's ...