Gregory L. Britten and Elizabeth C. Silbert (2020), Enhanced fish production during a period of extreme global warmth, Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19462-w Continue reading Enhanced fish production during a period of extreme global warmth
Metals from Chinese coal plants are ending up in the Pacific Ocean, with uncertain consequences
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
Darwin Welcomes Research Scientist Mukund Gupta
A warm Darwin-welcome to Mukund Gupta who recently joined the group. Continue reading Darwin Welcomes Research Scientist Mukund Gupta
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
Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought
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
MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research
Project supported by the Simons Foundation aims to reinvigorate environmental science by leaning on Parsons Laboratory’s past as a leader in the space. Continue reading MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research
New Student Welcome
Reporting by Helen Hill for the MIT Darwin Project
The MIT Darwin Project is thrilled to welcome another brilliant new MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student to its ranks this fall. Continue reading New Student Welcome
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