B. B. Cael

Oct 10, 2024 | science.org | Dimitri Fabrèges |Stephanie E. Hampton |B. B. Cael |Lionel Guidi

AbstractPhytoplankton produce organic matter in the sunlit upper ocean, which forms particles of “marine snow” that sink and transfer carbon from the surface to the deep ocean. These particles sustain a vast carbon reservoir and are consumed to provide energy to ecosystems in the deep sea (1). Deciphering what controls carbon transfer by marine snow has been a central question in oceanography since the 1980s.