Closed vats might produce pure strains of such high - oil species for feeding into large ponds to grow sufficient supplies, says systems engineer Ron Pate at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, who has been analyzing the fuel potential
of microscopic plants.
For example, a lack of iron limits the growth
of microscopic plants in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and elsewhere, a fact that prompted marine biologist John Martin to famously muse: «Give me half a tanker of iron, and I'll give you the next ice age.»
The next step for the model, she said, is to try to determine which individual species of phytoplankton will bloom where, based on nutrient amounts, temperatures and other factors — using satellites and other tools to determine which kind
of microscopic plant is where.
Birds are known to transport seeds internally and externally, but scientists had not linked them to the long - distance dispersal
of microscopic plant spores, called diaspores.
The 18 winning entries announced Thursday include a biolfilm imaging technigue that conveys the growth of bacteria; a photograph of micro-scale flows produced by reef - building corals; and a photo
of microscopic plant hairs.
The archaeologists analysed 16 samples
of microscopic plant remains from ten different time periods found during excavations during 2014 led by the University of São Paulo in South West Amazonia.
Not exact matches
Satellites can track those
microscopic plants by watching how the colors
of the sea surface change.
The shrimp represent centimeter - sized swimmers, including krill and shrimplike copepods, found throughout the world's oceans that may together be capable
of mixing ocean layers — and delivering nutrient - rich deep waters to phytoplankton, or
microscopic marine
plants, near the surface, the researchers suggest.
The newfound role
of the soil microbiome — the collection
of microscopic bacteria, fungi and archaea that interact with
plant roots — represents a turning point for research aimed at understanding and predicting where important tree species will reside in the future.
A long - standing puzzle in ocean photosynthesis was why phytoplankton failed to grow fast in parts
of the Pacific Ocean; after all, the
microscopic plants have access to plenty
of carbon dioxide thanks to upwelling water.
The decline in phosphorus is expected to reduce the abundance
of phytoplankton (
microscopic plants) and fish that feed on them, species that make up 40 percent
of commercial fish yield.
Specifically, after the analysis involving
microscopic techniques and virtual models developed by the UA researcher, carious lesions caused by carbohydrates, present in
plants, were found in the dental remains discovered at the La Brea Tar Pits site in Los Angeles, California, described by Alejandro Romero as «one
of the most paradigmatic sites to study fossil mammals from the Pleistocene in North America.»
Biological oceanographer Kendra Daly
of the University
of South Florida heard a talk by Delaney and excitedly told him that his concept would finally allow researchers to study the ephemeral changes that were so difficult to capture from a ship: a storm churning up the waters below, for instance, or the springtime bloom
of microscopic marine
plants.
The team used stable isotope labels to trace
plant litter - derived carbon and nitrogen as the litter decomposed and formed soil, specifically the fraction
of soil called organic matter, which comes from
plant inputs and
microscopic animals.
To find out what eats what in this ecosystem, fisheries ecologists Jason Turner and Jay Rooker
of Texas A&M University in Galveston first analyzed the composition
of fatty acids in Sargassum, a green algae that grows on seaweed fronds, and phytoplankton —
microscopic organisms that photosynthesize like
plants.
SeaWiFS, on board the OrbView 2 (aka SeaStar) satellite measures the wavelengths
of light reflected by phytoplankton (
microscopic marine
plants) and algae that use chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
Experiments show that
microscopic ocean
plants and animals — the base
of the food chain — will be impacted
Microscopic roundworms (nematodes) live like maggots in bacon: They penetrate into the roots
of beets, potatoes or soybeans and feed on
plant cells, which are full
of energy.
Their carcasses are then ground up by a
microscopic disassembly line: a chain
of insect larvae that thrive in the pitcher pool, cooperating to feed themselves — and the
plant.
Coral bleaching happens when sea temperatures rise, causing the breakdown
of the symbiosis between coral and their zooxanthellae (the
microscopic plants which gives coral most
of its colour), which can be fatal for the coral.
«The discovery
of microscopic shells
of organisms that lived in warm shallow seas, and
of spores and pollen from land
plants, reveal that the geography and climate
of Zealandia were dramatically different in the past.»
Much like humans, whose guts and skin are teeming with microbes, the soil below
plants and trees contains a unique cornucopia
of microscopic creatures that help the tree take in nutrients and water.
In 1996, soil microbiologist Sara Wright
of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland, found that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi — a type
of microscopic fungus that lives symbiotically with
plant roots — oozes a sticky protein called glomalin.
The patented technique uses
microscopic crystals
of silicon carbide to punch holes in
plant cells so that foreign DNA can enter.
Life is the dominant source
of the molecular oxygen on our planet, as the gas is produced by photosynthesis in
plants and
microscopic, single - cell organisms.
While algae and other
microscopic plants, which form the base
of the marine food chain, are vital to a healthy ecosystem, too much can cause murky water, reduce sunlight and oxygen levels, and ultimately cause harm to marine life.
At least twenty - five
plants and animals observed during the survey are new records for Penang or peninsular Malaysia, including the Sunda colugo or flying lemur, the red giant flying squirrel, the long - tailed giant rat, the Indomalayan niviventer, the lesser mouse deer, and species
of ground squirrels, birds, bacteria, bats, ants, orchids, flies, frogs, mosquitoes, and
microscopic water bears.
Metabarcoding resulted in higher sensitivity and resolution, and identified twice as many
plant families than
microscopic analysis
of the same pollen samples.
Nor, researchers thought, can any other eukaryotes — the group
of organisms we belong to along with other animals,
plants, fungi, and various
microscopic creatures.
In many parts
of the ocean the productivity
of phytoplankton —
microscopic plants at the base
of the marine food chain — is limited by the availability
of dissolved iron.
In his 1665 book Micrographia — the first major work
of illustrated observations made through a microscope — Hooke chronicled dozens
of parasites,
plants, and other
microscopic wonders.
And if the coal
plant lacks pollution controls — or fails to turn them on — it can amplify the extent
of smog, acid rain, lung - damaging
microscopic soot and other ills that arise from burning fossil fuels.
Microscopic image showing the spores and hyphae
of «friendly» arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus interacting with a
plant root.
The Nature paper suggests that
microscopic plant growth in coastal areas, fueled by fertilizer runoff, is now leading to greater uptake
of CO2.
Half
of my post about desmids — intricate,
microscopic plants — vanished within an hour or so
of publication.
Although the fungal filaments and spores are
microscopic, the colony can be very large with individuals
of some species rivaling the mass
of the largest animals or
plants.
Ranked among the top five major
plant pathogens in the world, root - knot nematodes are
microscopic roundworms that infect the roots
of more than 2,000 fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops, such as lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries and carnations, across the world.
Blooms
of phytoplankton, or
microscopic plants, had decreased by 12 per cent in the past 30 years, and the size
of the cells had also shrunk.
The month - long sea campaign across the Pacific on the research vessel Falkor will monitor the diversity
of oceanic phytoplankton,
microscopic plant - like organisms, and their impact on the marine carbon cycle.
The smartphone microscope is powerful enough to visualize specimens as small as 1 / 200th
of a millimeter, including
microscopic organisms, animal and
plant cells, blood cells, cell nuclei, and more.
«The discovery
of microscopic shells
of organisms that lived in warm shallow seas, and
of spores and pollen from land
plants, reveal that the geography and climate
of Zealandia were dramatically different in the past,» adds co-chief scientist Gerald Dickens.
Pretty quickly, the film turns into a horror show, with the airborne,
microscopic spores from a
plant on the planet serving as the way those killer aliens end up in their human hosts (Scott offers a microscope - level shot
of the infection entering a crewmember's body through his ear canal, which is simultaneously frightening and deviously amusing).
She is unknowingly drawn into the life cycle
of a presence that permeates the
microscopic world, moving to nematodes,
plant life, livestock, and back again.»
It concentrates on the ocean's
microscopic phytoplankton, describing how these tiny green
plants supply half the planet's oxygen and form an essential part
of the sea's food chains.
These
microscopic organisms are responsible for essential vitamin production, breakdown
of toxins, digestion
of plant fiber and prevention
of growth
of harmful bacteria.
Diatomaceous earth, sometimes referred to as «DE,» is a natural substance that is actually created from the remains
of diatoms,
microscopic water
plants that are like algae.
This infusoria was a cocktail
of virtually
microscopic animals and
plants created by infusing a clump
of hay with a living broth, putting this mixture in a Mason jar and sitting it in the sunlight.
These giants
of the ocean swim with open mouth to absorb the nutritious soup made up from
microscopic water
plants, plankton, egg fish and even tiny fish.
Logan
Plant, point - and - click adventurer extraordinaire and gallant gumshoe, put Thimbleweed Park's murder mystery under the
microscopic lens
of his patented good cop, bad cop routine.
It's full
of millions
of items, ranging from massive skeletons to
microscopic plants, each needing to be appropriately catalogued and stored for reference by researchers.