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Tag Archives: Carbon sink

13Jan/17

World’s largest peatland with vast carbon sink found in Congo

January 13, 2017EnvironmentCarbon sink, Coal, Environment, Global Peatlands Initiative, Mire, Nature, Peat, Pedology, Physical geography, Sediments, Soil, Tropical peat, United Kingdom, Wetlandssmbale

Scientists have recently discovered the world’s largest tropical peatland, which spans between the two Congos.
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30Nov/15

Plankton increase may be due to rising carbon dioxide levels

November 30, 2015EnvironmentAquatic ecology, Biological oceanography, Carbon dioxide, Carbon sink, Chemical compounds, Chemical substances, Chemistry, Climate forcing, Coccolithophore, food source, Greenhouse gases, Haptophytes, John Hopkins, John Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins, NEXT MEDIA, North Atlantic, Planktology, Plankton, Sara Rivero, Sara Rivero-Calle, Sciencesmbale

Johns Hopkins University researchers have expressed concern after finding a major increase in the world’s population of plankton, citing rising carbon dioxide levels as a potential cause.
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24Feb/15

Carbon dioxide released by the ocean thousands of years ago may have ended the ice age

February 24, 2015EnvironmentCalcium carbonate, Carbon, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon sink, Chemical oceanography, Chemistry, Climate forcing, Environment, Geochemistry, Greenhouse gases, Natural sciences, Nature, NEXT MEDIA, Ocean, Ocean storage of carbon dioxide, Pacific Ocean, Photosynthesis, Physical sciences, Propellants, United Kingdomsmbale

UK (Next Media) – Recent research conducted by the University of Southampton and published in Nature magazine suggests that carbon dioxide released from the ocean played a large role in ending the most recent ice age.
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