
Carbon Cycle - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
May 7, 2025 · What is the carbon cycle? Carbon makes up the backbone of all life on Earth. It’s found in the cells of all living things, is abundant in rocks and sediments, and is also found in …
Phytoplankton - A Simple Guide | WHOI
Nov 6, 2025 · Phytoplankton also form the base of virtually every ocean food web. In short, they make most other ocean life possible. Through photosynthesis these organisms transform …
The Global Carbon Cycle - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Carbon is constantly on the move, changing form and location and making life on Earth possible. The carbon cycle traces the path of carbon through the ocean, atmosphere, land, and deep …
Carbon Cycle – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nov 23, 2015 · Carbon is a building block for all life and plays a key role in regulating Earth’s climate. It shuttles throughout the planet in two major cycles. The first is the biospheric carbon …
Ocean Topic: Biological Carbon Pump
Nov 15, 2024 · The biological carbon pump removes atmospheric carbon by transporting carbon-rich material from surface waters to the deep ocean, aiding climate regulation.
Study Reveals How Rivers Regulate Global Carbon Cycle
May 13, 2015 · The new study gives scientists a firmer handle on measuring the important, and heretofore elusive, role of global rivers in the planetary carbon cycle and enhances their ability …
The Rain of Ocean Particles and Earth’s Carbon Cycle
Dec 1, 1997 · This complex carbon-transporting ocean process, often called the “biological pump,” is a critical mechanism in preventing what we now know as the “greenhouse effect,” the …
Carbon Cycle interactive
We are a team of innovative and professional designers, illustrators, photographers, videographers, and technicians who help visually communicate ocean-related science, …
Coastal Restoration & Blue Carbon - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
Aug 5, 2025 · Blue carbon refers to atmospheric carbon captured and stored by the ocean, which mitigates the effects of climate change by storing carbon for long periods of time.
Carbon Cycle – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cold, quiet, and carbon-rich: Investigating winter wetlands A hydrologist takes on a groundbreaking study to understand how groundwater moves through New England salt …