WHOI in the News
Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world’s ocean
Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves account for nearly all the hydrocarbons we encounter. But the few hydrocarbons that trace their origin to biological sources may play a larger ecological role than scientists originally suspected.
The Ocean’s Carbon Cycle is Controlled by…Tiny Plankton?
The ocean plays a major role in the global carbon cycle. The driving force comes from tiny plankton that produce organic carbon through photosynthesis, like plants on land.
Earthquakes as a driver for the deep-ocean carbon cycle
mentions WHOI developed process of dating deep-ocean sediment layers
Scientists publish study on glacial carbon cycle
quotes Liz Kujawinski and mentions WHOI
Study reveals how rivers regulate global carbon cycle
quotes Valier Galy
mentions Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink and Tim Eglinton
How Rivers Regulate Global Carbon Cycle
features Valier Galy, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, and Timothy Eglinton
How rivers regulate global carbon cycle
reprint of WHOI news release featuring Valier Galy, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink and Tim Eglinton
Tracking Carbon From the Ocean Surface to the Dark “Twilight Zone”
Much of the science focuses on the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle. Through chemical and biological processes, the ocean removes as much carbon from the atmosphere as all plant life on land.
Tracking carbon from the ocean surface to the twilight zone
Much of the science focuses on the ocean‘s role in the global carbon cycle.