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Bacterial Carbon Fixation in Dark Ocean Depths

  By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer The biological process of carbon fixation plays indispensable roles at the primary level of ecosystems and in the world’s carbonic cycle.  Where there is sufficient sunlight to drive photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert CO2 into sugars and expel O2 as waste, energy passed through food [...]

Sep 08, 2011 | 0 comments View Post
During July 2009, the Benthic Rover traveled across the seafloor while hooked up to the MARS ocean observatory. - Credit and © MBARI

New Robot To Determine The Impact Of Climate Change On Deep-Sea Ecosystems

A new MBARI robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the California coast. The Benthic Rover has been providing scientists with an entirely new view of life on the deep seafloor and is meant to give scientists a way to document the effects of climate change on the deep sea.

Sep 17, 2009 | 0 comments View Post