Sentences with phrase «surface microlayer»
That would potentially heat up that surface microlayer at several degrees / sec!
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In an experiment led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the researchers observed a close coupling between biological processes in the seawater and the chemistry of the sea surface microlayer.
Like a skin, the sea - surface microlayer separates the ocean from the atmosphere.
«Based on our observations in the sea - surface microlayer, we think that this could be very important as it may imply a positive feedback on atmospheric CO2 from oceanic sources, that is, from microbial metabolism at the air - sea interface.»
Especially proteinaceous marine gels became smaller but more abundant probably because they served as a nutritional substrate in the sea - surface microlayer, where higher abundances of microorganisms were more efficient in degrading the organic material accumulated during a phytoplankton bloom.
The sea surface microlayer (SML) is the boundary interface between the atmosphere and ocean, spanning the uppermost ~ 1 mm of the ocean.
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A microlayer of oxides then formed on the two surfaces, gluing them together.