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June 18, 2015

Genetic switch lets marine diatoms do less work at higher CO2
Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2015
Diatoms in the world's oceans exhale more oxygen than all the world's rainforests. These tiny drifting algae generate about 20 percent of the oxygen produced on Earth each year and invisibly recycle gases enveloping our planet. How diatoms will respond to the rising carbon dioxide levels is still unknown. A new study by the University of Washington and Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology, published in Nature Climate Change, finds the genetic ways that a common species of diatom adjusts to sudden and ... read more

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