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		<title>Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/latitudinal-patterns-in-ocean-cnp-reflect-phytoplankton-acclimation-and-macromolecular-composition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justin D. Liefer, Angelicque E. White, Zoe V. Finkel, Andrew J. Irwin, Mathilde Dugenneb, Keisuke Inomura, François Ribalet, E. Virginia Armbrust, David M. Karl, Matthew H. Fyfe, Christopher M. Brown, and Michael J. Follows (2024), Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2404460121 Description: The proportions of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in surface &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/latitudinal-patterns-in-ocean-cnp-reflect-phytoplankton-acclimation-and-macromolecular-composition/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Sequencing Technique Enhances Marine Microbial Research</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/innovative-sequencing-technique-enhances-marine-microbial-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New method significantly improves the accuracy of measuring cell counts of marine picocyanobacteria, a crucial component of oceanic ecosystems. Read this story at cbiomes.org]]></description>
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		<title>New Insights into Ocean Carbon Storage During the Last Glacial Maximum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study led by Anne Willem Omta highlights the pivotal role of biological processes in regulating carbon storage in the ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum.  Read this story at cbiomes.org]]></description>
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		<title>Using ecological partitions to assess zooplankton biogeography and seasonality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 20:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Niall McGinty, Andrew J. Irwin, Zoe V. Finkel and Stephanie Dutkiewicz (2023), Using ecological partitions to assess zooplankton biogeography and seasonality, Front. Mar. Res., doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.989770 Description: Zooplankton play a crucial role in marine ecosystems as the link between the primary producers and higher trophic levels, and as such they are key components of global biogeochemical and ecosystem models. While &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/using-ecological-partitions-to-assess-zooplankton-biogeography-and-seasonality/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Using ecological partitions to assess zooplankton biogeography and seasonality</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.Read this story at MIT News One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations suffuse through the &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/ocean-microbes-get-their-diet-through-a-surprising-mix-of-sources-study-finds/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/small-eddies-play-a-big-role-in-feeding-ocean-microbes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swirling waters replenish nutrients in open ocean, a new study finds, and could mitigate some climate change effects. Read this story at MIT News Subtropical gyres are enormous rotating ocean currents that generate sustained circulations in the Earth’s subtropical regions just to the north and south of the equator. These gyres are slow-moving whirlpools that &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/small-eddies-play-a-big-role-in-feeding-ocean-microbes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin Welcomes Postdoc Shlomit Sharoni</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-welcomes-postdoc-shlomit-sharoni/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A warm Darwin welcome to Shlomit Sharoni who recently joined the group. Read this story at CBIOMES News HH: In summary, what are your research interests? SS: I am a biogeochemist. I explore topics related to ecological stoichiometry, oceanography, and biogeochemical cycles using mathematical models and statistical tools. HH: What are you going to be working &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-welcomes-postdoc-shlomit-sharoni/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Darwin Welcomes Postdoc Shlomit Sharoni</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New model sheds light on day/night cycle in the global ocean</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/new-model-sheds-light-on-daynight-cycle-in-the-global-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computer models of global ocean biogeochemistry typically don’t include the day/night light cycle. CBIOMES researchers are. Via NSF News Phytoplankton are the foundation of all life on the planet. Understanding how these photosynthetic organisms react to their ocean environment is important to understanding the rest of the food web. But computer models of the global ocean &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/new-model-sheds-light-on-daynight-cycle-in-the-global-ocean/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New model sheds light on day/night cycle in the global ocean</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Super-Speedy New Phytoplankton Model</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-super-speedy-new-phytoplankton-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 17:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darwin Group researchers Zhen Wu and Gael Forget apply Julia to create a GPU-supported individual-based phytoplankton life cycle model. Read this story at CBIOMES News CBIOMES seeks to understand the organization of microbial communities and their role in mediating the global cycles of elements through the surface ocean. To this end, CBIOMES researchers are engaged &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-super-speedy-new-phytoplankton-model/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Super-Speedy New Phytoplankton Model</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Constraining uncertainties of diazotroph biogeography from nifH gene abundance</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/constraining-uncertainties-of-diazotroph-biogeography-from-nifh-gene-abundance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simona Meiler, Gregory L. Britten, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Mary Rose Gradoville, Pia H. Moisander, Oliver Jahn, Michael J. Follows (2022), Constraining uncertainties of diazotroph biogeography from nifH gene abundance, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.12036 Description: Marine diazotrophs fix dinitrogen gas into bioavailable nitrogen that drives the ocean nitrogen cycle; yet, efforts to infer global diazotroph distributions have been limited by a sparsity &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/constraining-uncertainties-of-diazotroph-biogeography-from-nifh-gene-abundance/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Constraining uncertainties of diazotroph biogeography from nifH gene abundance</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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