Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology

S Sunagawa, SG Acinas, P Bork, C Bowler… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …

Toward global integration of biodiversity big data: a harmonized metabarcode data generation module for terrestrial arthropods

P Arribas, C Andújar, K Bohmann, JR DeWaard… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Metazoan metabarcoding is emerging as an essential strategy for inventorying biodiversity,
with diverse projects currently generating massive quantities of community-level data. The …

Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere

M Trainic, JM Flores, I Pinkas, ML Pedrotti… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Anthropogenic pollution from marine microplastic particles is a growing concern, both as a
source of toxic compounds, and because they can transport pathogens and other pollutants …

The biogeochemical balance of oceanic nickel cycling

SG John, RL Kelly, X Bian, F Fu, MI Smith… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nickel is a biologically essential element for marine life, with the potential to influence
diverse processes, including methanogenesis, nitrogen uptake and coral health, in both …

Restructuring of plankton genomic biogeography in the surface ocean under climate change

P Frémont, M Gehlen, M Vrac, J Leconte… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
The impact of climate change on diversity, functioning and biogeography of marine plankton
remains a major unresolved issue. Here environmental niches are evidenced for plankton …

Dinoflagellates alter their carbon and nutrient metabolic strategies across environmental gradients in the central Pacific Ocean

NR Cohen, MR McIlvin, DM Moran, NA Held… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Marine microeukaryotes play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycling through the
transfer of energy to higher trophic levels and vertical carbon transport. Despite their global …

Constraining microplastic particle emission flux from the ocean

S Yang, T Zhang, Y Gan, X Lu, H Chen… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sea spray aerosols (SSA) are believed to be a significant source of atmospheric microplastic
particles (MP). However, only a few receptor calculations, with considerable uncertainties …

Terrestrial and marine influence on atmospheric bacterial diversity over the north Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

N Lang-Yona, JM Flores, R Haviv, A Alberti… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
The diversity of microbes and their transmission between ocean and atmosphere are poorly
understood despite the implications for microbial global dispersion and biogeochemical …

Host transcriptomic plasticity and photosymbiotic fidelity underpin Pocillopora acclimatization across thermal regimes in the Pacific Ocean

EJ Armstrong, J Lê-Hoang, Q Carradec… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heat waves are causing declines in coral reefs globally. Coral thermal responses depend
on multiple, interacting drivers, such as past thermal exposure, endosymbiont community …

Marine viruses disperse bidirectionally along the natural water cycle

J Rahlff, SP Esser, J Plewka, ME Heinrichs… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Marine viruses in seawater have frequently been studied, yet their dispersal from neuston
ecosystems at the air-sea interface towards the atmosphere remains a knowledge gap …