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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>Redox-informed models of global biogeochemical cycles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily J. Zakem, Martin F. Polz and Michael J. Follows (2020), Redox-informed models of global biogeochemical cycles, Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19454-w Description: Microbial activity mediates the fluxes of greenhouse gases. However, in the global models of the marine and terrestrial biospheres used for climate change projections, typically only photosynthetic microbial activity is resolved mechanistically. To move forward, we argue &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/redox-informed-models-of-global-biogeochemical-cycles/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Redox-informed models of global biogeochemical cycles</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A flux-based threshold for anaerobic activity in the ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Description: Anaerobic microbial activity in the ocean causes losses of bioavailable nitrogen and emission of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere, but its predictability at global scales remains limited. Resource ratio &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-flux-based-threshold-for-anaerobic-activity-in-the-ocean/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A flux-based threshold for anaerobic activity in the ocean</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Biomagnification of methylmercury in a marine plankton ecosystem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peipei Wu, Emily J Zakem, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Yanxu Zhang (2020), Biomagnification of methylmercury in a marine plankton ecosystem, Environ. Sci. Technol., doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06075 Summary: Methylmercury is greatly bioconcentrated and biomagnified in marine plankton ecosystems, and these communities form the basis of marine food webs. Therefore, evaluating the potential exposure of methylmercury to higher trophic levels, including humans, requires &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/biomagnification-of-methylmercury-in-a-marine-plankton-ecosystem/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Biomagnification of methylmercury in a marine plankton ecosystem</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stable aerobic and anaerobic coexistence in anoxic marine zones</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily J. Zakem, Amala Mahadevan, Jonathan M. Lauderdale, and Michael J. Follows (2019), Stable aerobic and anaerobic coexistence in anoxic marine zones, The ISME Journal, doi: s41396-019-0523-8 Summary: Mechanistic description of the transition from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism is necessary for diagnostic and predictive modeling of fixed nitrogen loss in anoxic marine zones (AMZs). In &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/stable-aerobic-and-anaerobic-coexistence-in-anoxic-marine-zones/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Stable aerobic and anaerobic coexistence in anoxic marine zones</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth Annual Traits Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporting by Helen Hill for the MIT Darwin Project The fourth Workshop on Trait-Based Approaches to Ocean Life, held August 18-21, 2019 at Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire in the UK was a wonderful opportunity for Darwin Group members to catch up with former colleagues while sharing current directions in marine ecology viewed through a traits &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/fourth-annual-traits-workshop/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fourth Annual Traits Workshop</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to Simons Postdoctoral Fellow B.B. Cael</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/congratulations-to-simons-postdoctoral-fellow-b-b-cael/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prestigious fellowship provides funding to pursue research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. by Helen Hill &#124; MIT Darwin Project It was recently announced that B.B. Cael, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program working with Prof Mick Follows in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded one of &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/congratulations-to-simons-postdoctoral-fellow-b-b-cael/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Congratulations to Simons Postdoctoral Fellow B.B. Cael</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Microbial Competition for Nitrogen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nitrogen Fixation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Darwin Project&#8217;s Emily Zakem, Stephanie Dutkiewicz and Mick Follows show that physiological constraints and resource competition between phytoplankton and nitrifying microorganisms in the sunlit layer can yield this ocean trait. Read this story at MIT News Nitrogen is a hot commodity in the surface ocean. Primary producers including phytoplankton and other microorganisms consume and transform &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/understanding-microbial-competition-for-nitrogen/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Understanding Microbial Competition for Nitrogen</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin Goes to Ocean Sciences 2018</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look out for the Darwin team, sharing their work at this year&#8217;s Ocean Sciences conference taking place February 11-16 in Portland, Oregon. Benedetto Barone, Michael J Follows, Joshua S Weitz, and David M Karl, The Impact of Sea Surface Height Variability on Biogeochemical Dynamics at Station ALOHA (abstract ID: EP24D-0819) Kay D Bidle, Jozef Iosif Nissimov, David Talmy, Liti Haramaty, Helen F Fredricks, Udi Zelzion, A. &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-goes-to-ocean-sciences-2018/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Darwin Goes to Ocean Sciences 2018</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin Goes to CSF 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 16:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIT Darwin Project oceanographers explore Earth’s seas with the Boston community for the 2017 Cambridge Science Festival at the MIT Museum. Exerpted from a story by Lauren Hinkel at Oceans@MIT Last month, members of MIT&#8217;s Darwin Project headed to the MIT Museum to celebrate Earth Day and foster curiosity about the wonders of the oceans with the &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-goes-to-csf-2017/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Darwin Goes to CSF 2017</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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