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		<title>An Abundant Phytoplankton Feeds a Global Network of Marine Microbes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon. Read this story from MIT News Story Image: Prochlorococcus tend to shed their molecular baggage at night. For a microbe called SAR11, the researchers found that the nighttime snack acts as a relaxant of sorts. Image &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/an-abundant-phytoplankton-feeds-a-global-network-of-marine-microbes-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An Abundant Phytoplankton Feeds a Global Network of Marine Microbes</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Weaker ocean circulation could enhance CO2 buildup in the atmosphere</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New findings challenge current thinking on the ocean’s role in storing carbon. Read this story at MIT News As climate change advances, the ocean’s overturning circulation is predicted to weaken substantially. With such a slowdown, scientists estimate the ocean will pull down less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, a slower circulation should also dredge up &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/study-weaker-ocean-circulation-could-enhance-co2-buildup-in-the-atmosphere/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Study: Weaker ocean circulation could enhance CO2 buildup in the atmosphere</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ocean’s color is changing as a consequence of climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The color changes reflect significant shifts in essential marine ecosystems. Read this story at MIT News The ocean’s color has changed significantly over the last 20 years, and the global trend is likely a consequence of human-induced climate change, report scientists at MIT, the National Oceanography Center in the U.K., and elsewhere. In a study &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/the-oceans-color-is-changing-as-a-consequence-of-climate-change/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The ocean’s color is changing as a consequence of climate change</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 19:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study shows the carbon-capturing phytoplankton colonized the ocean by rafting on particles of chitin. Read this story at  MIT News Throughout the ocean, billions upon billions of plant-like microbes make up an invisible floating forest. As they drift, the tiny organisms use sunlight to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Collectively, these photosynthesizing &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/like-ancient-mariners-ancestors-of-prochlorococcus-microbes-rode-out-to-sea-on-exoskeleton-particles/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles</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>
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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>Plankton&#8217;s Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to CBIOMES researchers, predator interactions chiefly determine where Prochlorococcus thrive &#8211; a finding that may help researchers hone predictions for where phytoplankton will migrate with climate change. Read this story at MIT News Prochlorococcus are the smallest and most abundant photosynthesizing organisms on the planet. A single Prochlorococcus cell is dwarfed by a human red blood cell, &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/planktons-place/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Plankton&#8217;s Place</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study reveals uncertainty in how much carbon the ocean absorbs over time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate projections could be off by five years, Darwin Group researchers find. Read this story at MIT News The ocean’s “biological pump” describes the many marine processes that work to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transport it deep into the ocean, where it can remain sequestered for centuries. This ocean pump is &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/study-reveals-uncertainty-in-how-much-carbon-the-ocean-absorbs-over-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Study reveals uncertainty in how much carbon the ocean absorbs over time</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study from researchers in MIT&#8217;s Darwin Project suggests sea ice blocks the flow of carbon both into and out of the ocean, in roughly equal measure. Read this story at MIT News The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica is a region where many of the world’s carbon-rich deep waters can rise back up to the surface. &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/antarctic-sea-ice-may-not-cap-carbon-emissions-as-much-as-previously-thought/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project supported by the Simons Foundation aims to reinvigorate environmental science by leaning on Parsons Laboratory&#8217;s past as a leader in the space. Read this story at MIT News An interdepartmental team of environmental scientists from MIT has received funding to develop a new program, called the MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative (MIMI), aimed at enhancing &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/mit-integrative-microbiology-initiative-will-stimulate-environmental-microbiology-research/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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