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Bacterial abundance drives dissolved organic carbon distribution in North Atlantic gyre, model suggests
- March 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fraction of a micrometer across, but together the carbon within these particles weighs about 700 billion tons—about as much as all the carbon in the atmosphere.
Originally published at Phys.org