The microbial carbon pump and climate change

N Jiao, T Luo, Q Chen, Z Zhao, X **ao, J Liu… - Nature reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The ocean has been a regulator of climate change throughout the history of Earth. One key
mechanism is the mediation of the carbon reservoir by refractory dissolved organic carbon …

Production and ecological function of fucoidans from marine algae in a changing ocean

W Li, J Chen, Y Feng, X Li, G Gao - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fucoidans have multiple biological and biomedical functions, eg, antibacterial, antiviral,
immunomodulatory, inflammatory, and growth-promoting effects. Recent studies show that …

Thermochemical decomposition reveals distinct variability of sedimentary organic carbon reactivity along the Yangtze River estuary-shelf continuum

W Huang, H Yang, S He, B Zhao, X Cui - Marine Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Continental shelves host 90% of annual organic carbon (OC) deposition in the global ocean
and are regarded as “hot spots” of carbon burial and decomposition. Numerous studies …

Removal by the fittest in ocean dead zones

JM Beman - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025 - pnas.org
Denitrification is a superpower for small organisms that allows them to “breathe” nitrogen-
containing compounds when little to no oxygen is available. Microscopic organisms do not …

[PDF][PDF] Microbial carbon pump shapes chemical signatures of refractory dissolved organic carbon in ocean water column

R Cai, N Jiao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - researchgate.net
The global ocean sequesters a great amount of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), which is
mainly originated from indigenous microbial activities (such as photosynthesis and …

[PDF][PDF] Resuspended sediment in marine bottom water as a potential source for refractory dissolved organic matter

X Liu, R Bao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - baogeoscience.com
Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) represents the largest carbon reservoir (~ 662 Pg
carbon; Hansell, 2013). DOM in the ocean could be introduced from rivers, marine aerosols …