Towering giant kelp forests can reach heights of 100 feet tall in our coastal ocean, but did you know that half of the kelp life cycle is microscopic - hidden beneath the waves on the ocean floor? In this talk, Dr. Brooke Weigel will take you on a tour of ...
Marine snow particles sink from the surface ocean and feed deep sea animals while transporting carbon away from the atmosphere. This "biological pump" of life's detritus to the deep ocean is one way that the ocean regulates our climate. To make more realistic models of the ocean's carbon cycle and ...