The biological pump (or ocean carbon biological pump or marine biological carbon pump) is the ocean's biologically driven sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere and land runoff to the …

The biological carbon pump helps regulate the climate by removing carbon dioxide from the Earth’s surface and moving it into the deep layers of the ocean. This way, it reduces the …

Mar 15, 2024 · The microbial carbon pump (MCP) refers to a series of microbial physiological and ecological processes that transform labile dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to refractory DOC …

Apr 6, 2020 · When phytoplankton die or are eaten by zooplankton, the carbon-rich fragments sinks deeper into the ocean, where it is, in turn, eaten by other creatures or buried in …

Sep 10, 2020 · What is the biological carbon pump? When sunlight hits the ocean’s surface waters, it stimulates tiny marine plants called phytoplankton to photosynthesize. This process …

Dec 6, 2023 · Here we use several decades of hydrographic observations to produce a top-down estimate of the strength of the BCP with an inverse biogeochemical model that implicitly …

of ocean carbon is known as the physical pump or solubility pump (Figure). Despite the fact that biological processes are responsible for the majority of the vertical gradient of natural carbon …

Apr 11, 2023 · Multiple processes transport carbon into the deep ocean as part of the biological carbon pump, leading to long-term carbon sequestration.

Marine organisms play a critical role in the global carbon cycle via the biological carbon pump. In the well-lit surface ocean, primary producers use sunlight for energy and dissolved inorganic …

Scientists have long known that the ocean plays an essential role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere, but a study from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows that the …