Bacterial abundance drives dissolved organic carbon distribution in North Atlantic gyre, model suggests

Bacterial abundance drives dissolved organic carbon distribution in North Atlantic gyre, model suggests

In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fraction of a micrometer across, but together the carbon within these particles weighs about 700 billion tons—about as much as all the carbon in the atmosphere.

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