Sentences with phrase «tiny organisms known»

The answer is tiny organisms known as cyanobacteria, or blue - green algae.

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The microscopic organism — an archaea known as Metallosphaera sedula (seen as a cluster of tiny dots sitting in the middle of the meteoritic dust particle pictured above)-- was originally found in 1989 living in Italy's hot acidic sulfur springs around Vesuvius.

While scientists have known for years that African trypanosomes cause sleeping sickness, they've been left scratching their heads as to how these tiny single - celled organisms communicate.

Swarms of tiny oceanic organisms known collectively as zooplankton may have an outsize influence on their environment.

Now we know that the majestic dolomite layers in the Dolomite mountains are — amazingly — the work of tiny organisms: it is a very thick layer of ancient coral reefs.

A well - known issue with LGM proxies is that the most abundant type of proxy data, using the species composition of tiny marine organisms called foraminifera, probably underestimates sea surface cooling over vast stretches of the tropical oceans; other methods like alkenone and Mg / Ca ratios give colder temperatures (but aren't all coherent either).

Did you know that your belly is home to something called a microbiome, which consists of 100 TRILLION tiny organisms?

It's actually the microscopic, fossilized remains of very tiny sea organisms known as diatoms.

«We don't yet know what impact this will have on the organisms» health or survival,» Howard says, but one thing seems clear: the tiny animals won't be storing as much CO2 in their shells in the form of carbonate.

If waters around coral reefs become too acidic, we will no longer see beautiful coral sculptures, but only a slimy coating of tiny organisms on the sea bed.