Nanoparticulate apatite and greenalite in oldest, well-preserved hydrothermal vent precipitates

B Rasmussen, JR Muhling, NJ Tosca - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Paleoarchean jaspilites are used to track ancient ocean chemistry and photoautotrophy
because they contain hematite interpreted to have formed following biological oxidation of …

Expanded subsurface ocean anoxia in the Atlantic during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

W Yao, T Kong, XT Wang, R Zhai, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The ocean has experienced substantial oxygen loss over recent decades, affecting marine
ecosystems and fisheries. Investigating ocean deoxygenation during hyperthermal events …

Analytical improvements and assessment of long‐term performance of the oxidation–denitrifier method

S Moretti, NN Duprey, AD Foreman… - Rapid …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of the nitrogen (N) isotopic composition of organic matter bound to fossil
biomineral structures (BB‐δ15N) using the oxidation–denitrifier (O–D) method provides a …

Oxygen rise in the tropical upper ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

S Moretti, A Auderset, C Deutsch, R Schmitz, L Gerber… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The global ocean's oxygen inventory is declining in response to global warming, but the
future of the low-oxygen tropics is uncertain. We report new evidence for tropical …

[HTML][HTML] Snapshot of a Paleoarchean seafloor: Evidence from 3.43-3.35 Ga Strelley Pool chert-pebble conglomerate for deposition, silicification, and erosion of …

B Rasmussen, JR Muhling, A Sadekov - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Some of the oldest, well-preserved exhalative sedimentary rocks (ferruginous cherts and
jaspilites) occur in volcanic-dominated Paleoarchean sequences in the northern Pilbara …

Expansion of ocean anoxia during glacial periods recorded in the cobalt flux to pelagic sediments

NJ Hawco, RK Foreman - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The expansion of oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) within the ocean's interior is anticipated to
be a major consequence of anthropogenic climate change, but past changes in ODZs are …

Coral photosymbiosis on Mid-Devonian reefs

J Jung, SF Zoppe, T Söte, S Moretti, NN Duprey… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The ability of stony corals to thrive in the oligotrophic (low-nutrient, low-productivity) surface
waters of the tropical ocean is commonly attributed to their symbiotic relationship with …