The IAEA Environment Laboratories apply nuclear and isotopic techniques to better understand the carbon cycle, to evaluate the ocean’s ... phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants at the bottom of the ...

The marine chemist is an expert in biogeochemical seabed processes and lead author of the new study on the seagrass carbon cycle. "However, as seagrass meadows are particularly widespread in warm ...

A new study reveals a troubling decline in ocean productivity, posing serious threats to fisheries and the planet’s climate ...

The National Academies Ocean Studies Board is establishing a new standing committee in March 2025 to provide updated ...

Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of organisms on Earth and they play an essential role in the marine food chain ... Zooplankton also store carbon from the atmosphere ...

Like land plants and seagrasses, microscopic marine algae known as phytoplankton ... of sea life interact sheds light on Earth’s carbon cycle. Carbon, a chemical element, is found in all organic ...

January 2025/Kiel. Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These elements and their isotopic compositions can serve to ...