Global observing needs in the deep ocean

LA Levin, BJ Bett, AR Gates, P Heimbach… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The deep ocean below 200 m water depth is the least observed, but largest habitat on our
planet by volume and area. Over 150 years of exploration has revealed that this dynamic …

Where carbon goes when water flows: carbon cycling across the aquatic continuum

ND Ward, TS Bianchi, PM Medeiros… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The purpose of this review is to highlight progress in unraveling carbon cycling dynamics
across the continuum of landscapes, inland waters, coastal oceans, and the atmosphere …

A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter

LK McDonough, MS Andersen, MI Behnke… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Groundwater comprises 95% of the liquid fresh water on Earth and contains a diverse mix of
dissolved organic matter (DOM) molecules which play a significant role in the global carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Photochemical dissolution of buoyant microplastics to dissolved organic carbon: rates and microbial impacts

L Zhu, S Zhao, TB Bittar, A Stubbins, D Li - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea, yet they represent only 1–2% of the plastics
entering the ocean annually. The fate of the missing plastic and its impact on marine life …

Diversity and ecological footprint of Global Ocean RNA viruses

G Dominguez-Huerta, AA Zayed, JM Wainaina, J Guo… - Science, 2022 - science.org
DNA viruses are increasingly recognized as influencing marine microbes and microbe-
mediated biogeochemical cycling. However, little is known about global marine RNA virus …

Global riverine land-to-ocean carbon export constrained by observations and multi-model assessment

M Liu, PA Raymond, R Lauerwald, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rivers are a key component of the global carbon cycle. They receive vast quantities of
terrestrial carbon, of which a large fraction is ultimately exported to the coastal ocean. Our …

Molecular signatures of dissolved organic matter generated from the photodissolution of microplastics in sunlit seawater

A Stubbins, L Zhu, S Zhao, RGM Spencer… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plastics are accumulating on Earth, including at sea. The photodegradation of microplastics
floating in seawater produces dissolved organic matter (DOM), indicating that sunlight can …

Universal molecular structures in natural dissolved organic matter

M Zark, T Dittmar - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) comprises a broad range of dissolved organic
molecules in aquatic systems and is among the most complex molecular mixtures known …

Diatom modulation of select bacteria through use of two unique secondary metabolites

AA Shibl, A Isaac, MA Ochsenkuhn… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton, such as diatoms, rely on microbial communities for
survival despite lacking specialized compartments to house microbiomes (eg, animal gut) …

Organic carbon amendments affect the chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter and its associations with soil microbial communities

XM Li, QL Chen, C He, Q Shi, SC Chen… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The “4 per mil” initiative recognizes the pivotal role of soil in carbon resequestration. The
need for evidence to substantiate the influence of agricultural practices on chemical nature …