Though marine life may benefit from the influx of iron, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology (SCOPE) research involving Mick Follows and former Darwin Group member B.B. Cael reinforces that the pollution from burning coal will have an adverse effect on human health finds emissions. Continue reading Metals from Chinese coal plants are ending up in the Pacific Ocean, with uncertain consequences
Paulina Pinedo-González, Nicholas J. Hawco, Randelle M. Bundy, E. Virginia Armbrust, Michael J. Follows, B. B. Cael, Angelicque E. White, Sara Ferrón, David M. Karl, and Seth G. John (2020), Anthropogenic Asian aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific Ocean, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010315117 Continue reading Anthropogenic Asian aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific Ocean
Emily Zakem, Jonathan Maitland Lauderdale, Reiner Schlitzer, Michael J. Follows (2020), A flux-based threshold for anaerobic activity in the ocean, ESSOar (for Geophysical Research Letters), doi: 10.1002/essoar.10504387.1 Continue reading A flux-based threshold for anaerobic activity in the ocean
Study from researchers in MIT’s Darwin Project suggests sea ice blocks the flow of carbon both into and out of the ocean, in roughly equal measure. Continue reading Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought
John Casey and Michael J. Follows (2020), A steady-state model of microbial acclimation to substrate limitation, PLoS Computational Biology, doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008140 Continue reading A steady-state model of microbial acclimation to substrate limitation
Mukund Gupta, Michael J. Follows, Jonathan Maitland Lauderdale (2020), The Effect of Antarctic Sea Ice on Southern Ocean Carbon Outgassing: Capping Versus Light Attenuation, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi: 10.1029/2019GB006489 Continue reading The Effect of Antarctic Sea Ice on Southern Ocean Carbon Outgassing: Capping Versus Light Attenuation
A.W. Omta, D. Talmy, K. Inomura, A.J. Irwin, Z.V. Finkel, D. Sher, and M.J. Follows (2020), Quantifying nutrient throughput and DOM production by algae in continuous culture, Journal of Theoretical Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.
Inomura, K. A-W. Omta, D. Talmy, J. Bragg, C. Deutsch, and M.J. Follows (2020), A Mechanistic Model of Macromolecular Allocation, Elemental Stoichiometry, and Growth Rate in Phytoplankton, Frontiers in Microbiology, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00086 Continue reading A Mechanistic Model of Macromolecular Allocation, Elemental Stoichiometry, and Growth Rate in Phytoplankton
Murat Aydin, Gregory L Britten et al (2020), Anthropogenic impacts on atmospheric carbonyl sulfide since the 19th century inferred from polar firn air and ice core measurements, Earth and Space Science Open Archive, doi: 10.1002/essoar.10503126.1 Continue reading Anthropogenic impacts on atmospheric carbonyl sulfide since the 19th century inferred from polar firn air and ice core measurements
Technique developed by MIT-CBIOMES investigators could aid in tracking the ocean’s health and productivity. Continue reading Machine learning helps map global ocean communities