Risk assessment of microplastic particles

AA Koelmans, PE Redondo-Hasselerharm… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Microplastic particles are ubiquitous in the environment, from the air we breathe to the food
we eat. The key question with respect to these particles is to what extent they cause risks for …

Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle

MA Moran, EB Kujawinski, WF Schroer, SA Amin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
One-quarter of photosynthesis-derived carbon on Earth rapidly cycles through a set of short-
lived seawater metabolites that are generated from the activities of marine phytoplankton …

Planktonic microbial signatures of sinking particle export in the open ocean's interior

F Li, A Burger, JM Eppley, KE Poff, DM Karl… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A considerable amount of particulate carbon produced by oceanic photosynthesis is
exported to the deep-sea by the “gravitational pump”(~ 6.8 to 7.7 Pg C/year), sequestering it …

Rapid simulation of decade-scale charcoal aging in soil: changes in physicochemical properties and their environmental implications

X Chen, X Gao, P Yu, L Spanu, J Hinojosa… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In situ aging can change biochar properties, influencing their ecosystem benefits or risks
over time. However, there is a lack of field verification of laboratory methods that attempt …

Recognition of microplastics suspended in seawater via refractive index by Mueller matrix polarimetry

J Li, H Liu, R Liao, H Wang, Y Chen, J Xiang, X Xu… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have become the marine pollution posing a human health risk, but they are
difficult to be detected and recognized for different materials, irregular shapes, and broad …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging the gaps between particulate backscattering measurements and modeled particulate organic carbon in the ocean

M Galí, M Falls, H Claustre, O Aumont… - …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
Oceanic particulate organic carbon (POC) is a small but dynamic component of the global
carbon cycle. Biogeochemical models historically focused on reproducing the sinking flux of …

The promise of blue carbon climate solutions: where the science supports ocean-climate policy

AB Christianson, A Cabré, B Bernal, SK Baez… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ocean is gaining prominence in climate change policy circles as a tool for addressing
the climate crisis. Blue carbon, the carbon captured and stored by marine and coastal …

Isotopic insights into organic composition differences between supermicron and submicron sea spray aerosol

DR Crocker, CP Kaluarachchi, R Cao… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
To elucidate the seawater biological and physicochemical factors driving differences in
organic composition between supermicron and submicron sea spray aerosol (SSAsuper …

A multivariable empirical algorithm for estimating particulate organic carbon concentration in marine environments from optical backscattering and chlorophyll-a …

D Koestner, D Stramski, RA Reynolds - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Accurate estimates of the oceanic particulate organic carbon concentration (POC) from
optical measurements have remained challenging because interactions between light and …

Microbial dietary preference and interactions affect the export of lipids to the deep ocean

L Behrendt, U Alcolombri, JE Hunter, S Smriga… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Lipids comprise a significant fraction of sinking organic matter in the ocean and play a
crucial role in the carbon cycle. Despite this, our understanding of the processes that control …