Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the ...

Terrestrial carbon cycle dynamics remain one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate projections, with diverging estimates of ecosystem carbon uptake, affecting the accuracy of Earth system ...

A balanced carbon cycle is essential. Carbon is a major component in carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The carbon cycle involves the exchange of carbon between living organisms (biotic ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

Rivers, lakes and wetlands are important factors for climate change, which should have a place in conceptual models of the global carbon cycle. A broader concept of a 'boundless carbon cycle ...

This discovery adds to scientific understanding of the carbon cycle and could help inform climate change mitigation strategies. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.

and heterotrophic bacteria. The products of these organisms feed back into the carbon cycle in marine sediments, where they may be consumed by other microbes.

Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

They also explain that their study provides new analytical tools to further advance our understanding of the role of sulfate-reducing microbes in the global carbon cycle and their relevance for ...