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September 11, 2013

Deep-ocean carbon sinks
Iowa City IA (SPX) Sep 11, 2013
Although microbes that live in the so-called "dark ocean"-below a depth of some 600 feet where light doesn't penetrate-may not absorb enough carbon to curtail global warming, they do absorb considerable amounts of carbon and merit further study. That is one of the findings of a paper published in the International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME) Journal by Tim Mattes, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, and his colleagues ... read more

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