The Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP) contains the warmest surface waters exceeding 28.5oC, being the earth’s heat engine and influencing global climate change. This region is also reported to be excessively oligotrophic, possibly induced by a str...
03 21, 2022
A recent study conducted by researchers of Prof. LIU Baozhong's team from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) revealed that cytoskeletal molecules (actomyosin) play key roles in the early shells formation of the ...
03 18, 2022
The East China Sea (ECS) was affected by severe hypoxia, which exerts significant influences on living resources, alterations of biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem degradation. Previous studies have proved that organic matters (OM) decomposition,...
03 17, 2022
Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are vital corrosive microorganisms, and they are blamed for half of the cost from microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). Biofilm is the core in corrosion caused by SRB, and the development of biofilms is stri...
03 16, 2022
Mixing in the ocean is a poorly understood process that is recognized to be significant to climate. A fundamental question of recent interest is whether large ocean currents, like the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio, can contribute to mixing, the answer...
03 15, 2022
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the strongest interannual climate phenomenon originating from ocean-atmosphere interactions in the equatorial Pacific, which influences the global climate system by atmospheric bridges and oceanic pathways. A...
03 14, 2022
