Emiliania huxleyi Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:29:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Microscopic Algae Resistant to Marine Absorption of CO2 Emissions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microscopic-algae-resistant-to-marine-absorption-of-co2-emissions-20130417/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microscopic-algae-resistant-to-marine-absorption-of-co2-emissions-20130417/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:29:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36357 According to researchers at the National Oceanography Center, Southampton (NOCS), a particular type of marine algae might grow and thrive as oceans absorb increasing carbon dioxide emissions. Coccolithophores are microscopic algae that form the base of marine food chains. They secrete calcite shells which eventually sink to the seafloor and form sediments, drawing down and […]

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