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GEOTRACES and particles in the ocean GEOTRACES is an international program to study the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes (TEIs). The program’s guiding mission is to “identify processes and quantify fluxes that control the distributions of key TEIs in the ocean” (1). Particles represent a key parameter for the GEOTRACES program because of their role […]
Read MoreWe rely on global ocean models to predict how climate change might affect the evolution of ocean productivity, acidification, and deoxygenation (1). Such platforms are also used to test hypotheses regarding the controls on ocean biogeochemical cycling and to understand past change (both on historical and geologic timescales). Ocean biogeochemistry models began with relatively simple formulations of a carbon export flux […]
Read MoreThis summer OCB and GEOTRACES are co-sponsoring a synthesis workshop on the biogeochemical cycling of trace elements in the ocean. The overall goal of the workshop is to bring together expertise from across the field of oceanography to take advantage of the growing datasets of trace elements in the ocean and explore biological-chemical-physical underpinnings of trace element cycling within the ocean. […]
Read MoreIron is a limiting nutrient for phytoplankton in nearly half of the global surface ocean, and much attention has been paid to the biogeochemical cycling of iron in seawater since suitable trace metal-clean sampling and analysis procedures were developed (1). The organic complexation of dissolved iron, in particular, has emerged as an inherent feature of iron chemistry in the oceans (2-5), […]
Read MoreBlooms of red water associated with the remarkable ciliate Mesodinium rubrum have been observed at least since Darwin’s time (1). This ciliate retains the chloroplasts from ingested prey and is able to use them for photosynthesis (reviewed in 2). Recent studies have shown that the plastids can reproduce within the ciliate and that nuclei from […]
Read MoreThe newest generation of satellites reveals plankton variability changes in character from uniform to chaotic at different spatial scales, reviving a classic question in oceanography. How does plankton variability change at different spatial scales, and why? New satellites, new insights Satellite technologies can now collect images with resolution down to the scale of meters, presenting […]
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