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Researchers find that the global carbon pool in seagrass beds is as much as 19.9B metric tons

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Per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s temperate and tropical forests, according to a paper this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. The paper, “Seagrass Ecosystems as a Globally Significant Carbon Stock,” is the first global analysis of carbon stored in seagrasses.

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Study Finds East Siberian Arctic Shelf Showing Instability and Widespread Venting of the GHG Methane; Releases May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated

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A section of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane (CH 4 ) is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov.

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2024 Toyota Tacoma targets for everybody, Trailhunter joins lineup

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Constructed at the TNGA-F platform shared with the full-size Tundra and Sequoia SUV, the Tacoma sits on a high-strength metal ladder body that’s extra inflexible than sooner than. inch Fox internal-bypass traumas with 3 compression damping settings manually adjusted by the use of a dial at the injury frame. It rides on 2.5-inch

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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The showcase for Chevron’s efforts—and its international center for heavy oil technology—is the 110-year-old Kern River field in the San Joaquin Valley in California. Chevron has integrated historical well logs with modern borehole data to completely characterize the field in a “living” 3D model.

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