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Tungsten isotopes in seawater expose co-evolution of Earth’s mantle and continents

Andrea Mundl-Petermeier and Sebastian Viehmann of the Department of Lithospheric Research at the University of Vienna have demonstrated that a new geochemical archive which is named as 182Tungsten in banded iron formations, can be used to simultaneously trace the evolution of both the Earth's...

Marine microbes swim towards their favourite food

Every teaspoon of seawater contains more than a million marine bacteria, though it is invisible to us. These tiny microbes play pivotal roles in governing the chemical cycles that control our climate and shape the health of the global ocean. But are they passive...

Fish stocks fluctuate with seawater temperature

Fluctuations in seawater temperature are responsible for responsible for the ups and downs in the abundance of marine fish stocks. This is the conclusion from the study by Wageningen University & Research. Fish biologists have noted slow fluctuations in fish stocks for centuries. Though...