Friday, March 31, 2017

NOC News Round Up - 31 March 2017

Zooplankton behaviour helps solve a carbon cycle mystery

A key piece of the carbon cycle puzzle has been solved by scientists from the NOC, with the discovery of the mechanism underpinning more efficient carbon transfer in low oxygen zones. This research, published in Nature Communications this week, suggests that the observed increase in efficiency is due to changes to zooplankton activity in low oxygen zones.

Lead researcher, Dr Emma Cavan, who conducted this research at the NOC, said "It's likely that fewer zooplankton go into low oxygen waters and those that do shut down some of their bodily functions because of the low oxygen concentrations, leading to the deeper sinking of carbon. In this study we show that in low oxygen waters carbon loss is predominantly by microbes, and not zooplankton." Read More.


International NOC

This week saw representatives from the NOC spread across the world running workshops and attending meetings with other research institutes, government organisations and marine businesses. The activity is aimed at securing global research partnerships, which will benefit some of the world's most vulnerable coastal communities, and greatly improve research programmes relevant to economic development, global innovation and globally important science in the countries worked with. The project is funded by the UK Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

You can read more about our Global Partnerships approach here.


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