As an important subduction component, altered oceanic crust (AOC) is widely distributed on the oceanic subducting slab and potentially has significant contributions to the chemistry of arc magmas.
04 03, 2024The oceans primarily absorb the imbalance in Earth's energy caused by human-induced greenhouse gases. However, current ocean heat content (OHC) measurements don't fully close the global energy budget.
04 02, 2024The intricate dynamics of diatom blooms, influenced by a myriad of external factors and internal signals, continue to captivate scientific inquiry.
03 27, 2024Researchers from China and Japan have discovered distinct characteristics of the lower mantle flow field. They investigated seismic anisotropy in the upper part of the lower mantle beneath the Philippine Sea Plate (PSP) and found that the ancient ...
03 05, 2024Recently, the research team led by Prof. SUN Chaomin from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has cultured the first strictly anaerobic Planctomycetes bacterium from the deep-sea cold seeps and revealed its uniqu...
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