• Ocean Sciences

    • Mesoscale Eddies Drive Increased Silica Export in the Subtropical Pacific Ocean

      • C. R. Benitez-Nelson, R. R. Bidigare, T. D. Dickey, M. R. Landry, C. L. Leonard, S. L. Brown, F. Nencioli, Y. M. Rii, K. Maiti, J. W. Becker, T. S. Bibby, W. Black, W.-J. Cai, C. A. Carlson, F. Chen, V. S. Kuwahara, C. Mahaffey, P. M. McAndrew, P. D. Quay, M. S. Rappe, K. E. Selph, M. P. Simmons, E. J. Yang,
      • Original article citation: Science 316, (2007).
      • Categories: Ocean Sciences
      • Recommended by: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:21PM GMT
      • Reasons for recommending:
        This recent paper by Claudia Benitez-Nelson and colleagues in Science is interesting because it shows that mesoscale eddies, large patches of swirling water soem 100-200m across, actually play a critical role in releasing oceanic carbon back to the atmosphere. It was previosuly assumed that they helped to transport carbon from the surface to deeper waters.

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