Assistant professor Morgan Raven receives an NSF Faculty Early CAREER award to study a mysterious ocean carbon sequestration process.
Assistant professor Morgan Raven receives an NSF Faculty Early CAREER award to study a mysterious ocean carbon sequestration process.
The ocean is our biggest ally when it comes to regulating atmospheric CO2 levels. As the Earth’s largest carbon sink, it sequesters roughly 10 petagrams per year. But as atmospheric carbon emissions continue to rise and the planet continues to warm, how will the ocean respond?
That’s one of the biggest questions facing Earth scientists today. The ocean is a complex system, with mechanisms that absorb, circulate, sequester and also release CO2, depending on the conditions. Understanding these interlinked processes can give researchers a better idea of what to expect as the climate changes
Among these scientists is UC Santa Barbara geochemist and geobiologist Morgan Raven(link is external), who, thanks to a Faculty Early CAREER award(link is external) from the National Science Foundation, is set to explore a lesser-known mechanism of ocean carbon sequestration — one that might become more conspicuous as the oceans warm.
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