For example, mangrove systems along the Amazon coastline release about 8.4 million grams of dissolved neodymium into the ocean each year—64% of the total neodymium input in this region.

The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle focused on carbon and how it is sequestered in and moves between different reservoirs in the Earth system. The efficiency with which plants use carbon ...

In the grand tapestry of Earth’s ecosystems, it’s often the smallest beings that wield the most significant influence. From ...

1 Department of Oceanography, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Trieste, Italy; 2 NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy; Biodiversity is crucial to ...

Research shows abyssal seafloor processes are crucial for trace metal cycling, influencing ocean chemistry and enhancing our ...

Pioneer Labs, a non-profit research organization, is focused on engineering microbes, specifically extremophiles, to survive ...

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean ...

Methods to enhance the ocean's uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂) are being explored to help tackle the climate crisis. However, ...

Nickel mining activities on the land of Raja Ampat have the potential to produce waste runoff that pollutes the waters.

Water security across the Rio Grande and Colorado River basins faces a threat that is “no longer temporary but systemic,” ...

Discover how wastewater treatment plants are revolutionizing energy generation by converting methane into renewable natural ...