Nitrogen is one of the important chemical for life on Earth. It composes the majority of our atmosphere, and it is an inert gas, meaning that it does not interact with other chemicals in its stable form. But the amounts of nitrogen in the air are currently changing, with the main additional sources being the burning ... |
6 November 2009
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Dead zones is a term used to describe areas of the oceans or seas that have been so heavily contaminated with pollutants, that it's virtually impossible for fish and other marine animals to live there. Only some types of algae manage to survive in the toxic conditions, and, by thriving, they consume the short su... |
9 October 2009
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It has been widely agreed upon that oceans act as the largest carbon sinks of the world, engulfing vast amounts of carbon dioxide each year. The water in itself does not draw in carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main greenhouse gas that causes global warming. Rather, tiny organisms known collectively as the phytoplank... |
1 August 2009
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Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany announced recently that they fully support the proposed action plan for the Southern Ocean, which involves it being sprinkled with several tens of tons of iron, which is supposed to help plankton in the area regenerate and take up more harmful carbon dioxide fr... |
29 January 2009
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Terra-forming is a process described in the Sci-Fi books as the modification of a planet's features, so as to better accommodate human life. Apparently, that's what several large corporations are trying to do in the Southern Ocean, where they say that the large stretches of water could be an enormous source... |
15 December 2008
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People all over the world mourn over the ice loss of the northern planetary pole. But recent research indicated that this might actually be a good thing in some ways, since it leaves more room for phytoplankton to expand. This, in turn, produces chlorophyll, which helps assimilate sun energy and absorbs atmospheric C... |
12 September 2008
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An international team of researchers participating in a study on board the Oregon State University vessel have discovered high levels of acidified ocean water within as little as 32 kilometers away from the shoreline of the West Coast of the North American continent. The acidic water is probably 50 years old and is b... |
23 May 2008
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