Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Deep water aquifer acts like natural bio-reactor, allowing microbes to consume carbon

Researchers have shown that underground aquifers along the mid-ocean ridge act like natural biological reactors, pulling in cold, oxygenated seawater, and allowing microbes to break down more -- perhaps much more -- refractory carbon than scientists ever believed.

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