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Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography: The chemistry of the ocean is closely tied to ocean circulation, climate, the plants and animals that live in the ocean, and the exchange of material with the atmosphere, cryosphere, continents, and mantle. The ocean is unique in that it contains - in greater or lesser quantities - nearly every element in the periodic table. Much of chemical oceanography describes the cycling of these elements both within the ocean and with the other spheres of the Earth system. These cycles are usually characterised as quantitative fluxes between constituent reservoirs defined within the ocean system and as residence times within the ocean. Of particular global and climatic significance are the cycles of the biologically active elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus as well as those of some important trace elements such as iron.
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AUG 19, 2025Earth & The Environment
How much of a threat is ocean acidification to marine life beneath the ocean’s surface? This is what a recent stud ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can ocean viruses influence the global carbon cycle? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists and many years of data have shown that the average air and ocean temperatures of Earth are steadily increasin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season chang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 24, 2025Earth & The Environment
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are steadily rising because of human activities, which is wreaking havoc on the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impact do heatwaves have on coral reefs? This is what a recent study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letter ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
How much does sulfur emitted by marine life cool the atmosphere and help mitigate the effects of climate change? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2024Earth & The Environment
Microscopic marine fossils can reveal more about the climate of the ancient past; what we are experiencing now; and what ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2024Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
How will climate change influence the ocean’s circulation in the future? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
The planet has many interconnected cycles. A new study in Science has examined the role of inorganic Zinc (Zn) in the bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
With climate change warming the oceans, this results in drastic consequences for marine life in deep water environments, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how marine phytoplankton throug ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 09, 2023Earth & The Environment
Salt distribution in the ocean has a significant influence on the regulation of the Earth's climate, according to new re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at ETH Zurich has examined why the Ruki River, a one-kilometer-wide tributary of the Congo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 13, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature examines anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change has resulted in drastic changes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 17, 2023Chemistry & Physics
The bathroom can be a sacred place in one's home. A moment of silence, some privacy, or a place for self-care even. ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJAN 22, 2023Chemistry & Physics
According to a 2022 facts sheet, plastic waste in the ocean has grown to alarming rates, with approximately 51 trillion ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 24, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Life finds a way, even at the bottom of the cold Antarctic Sea. However, the organisms at the bottom of the Antarctic mi ...Written By: Hannah Daniel
AUG 19, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How much of a threat is ocean acidification to marine life beneath the ocean’s surface? This is what a recent stud
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can ocean viruses influence the global carbon cycle? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists and many years of data have shown that the average air and ocean temperatures of Earth are steadily increasin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season chang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are steadily rising because of human activities, which is wreaking havoc on the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impact do heatwaves have on coral reefs? This is what a recent study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letter
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How much does sulfur emitted by marine life cool the atmosphere and help mitigate the effects of climate change? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Microscopic marine fossils can reveal more about the climate of the ancient past; what we are experiencing now; and what
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How will climate change influence the ocean’s circulation in the future? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The planet has many interconnected cycles. A new study in Science has examined the role of inorganic Zinc (Zn) in the bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
With climate change warming the oceans, this results in drastic consequences for marine life in deep water environments,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how marine phytoplankton throug
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 09, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Salt distribution in the ocean has a significant influence on the regulation of the Earth's climate, according to new re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at ETH Zurich has examined why the Ruki River, a one-kilometer-wide tributary of the Congo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature examines anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change has resulted in drastic changes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 17, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
The bathroom can be a sacred place in one's home. A moment of silence, some privacy, or a place for self-care even.
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JAN 22, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
According to a 2022 facts sheet, plastic waste in the ocean has grown to alarming rates, with approximately 51 trillion
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 24, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Life finds a way, even at the bottom of the cold Antarctic Sea. However, the organisms at the bottom of the Antarctic mi
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel