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Origin of mystery deep-sea mushroom revealed
2016-06-07 10:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australian scientists have used genetic material to pinpoint the origin of the deep-sea mushroom, an unusual gelatinous creature first dredged up near Tasmania in 1986. The organisms have a cylindrical stalk capped by a flat, semi-transparent disc that houses visible channels branching outwards. These channels, which resemble tree-like diagrams known as dendrograms, are the basis for its scientific name - Dendrogramma. The original specimens were described for the first time in 2014 by a...
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Japan to offer $2.49bn loan for Jakarta's Patimban deep-sea port project
2016-03-31 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Japan is reportedly pursuing a deal to invest $2.49bn into the new deep-sea port project in Patimban, Subang, West Java, through the Transportation Ministry of Indonesia.
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Odfjell Drillings Deepsea Stavanger rig selected to drill well on UK Continental Shelf
2016-01-19 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
JX Nippon Exploration and Production (UK) has contracted Odfjell Drilling's semi-submersible rig Deepsea Stavanger to drill a well west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf.
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Could deep-sea bacteria be the latest weapon against climate change?
2015-10-23 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Researchers from the University of Florida have discovered certain bacteria on the ocean floor could neutralize massive quantities of industrial carbon dioxide. Because carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas emitted by human activity, is a key culprit in climate change, scientists from a variety of disciplines have been searching for ways to effectively capture and neutralize the gas. The UF researchers discovered that an enzyme produced by the bacteria Thiomicrospira crunogena, can convert...
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Deep-sea bacteria could help neutralize greenhouse gas
2015-10-22 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A type of bacteria plucked from the bottom of the ocean could be put to work neutralizing large amounts of industrial carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, a group of University of Florida researchers has found. Carbon dioxide, a major contributor to the buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, can be captured and neutralized in a process known as sequestration. Most atmospheric carbon dioxide is produced from fossil fuel combustion, a waste known as flue gas. But converting the carbon dioxide...
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