The researchers began studying sulfur-oxidizing bacteria -- a group of microbes that use sulfur as an energy source -- in methane seeps on the ocean floor. Akin to deep-sea coral reefs, these seeps contain limestone that traps large amounts of carbon. The sulfur-oxidizing microbes live on top of the limestone rocks.
After noticing patterns of corrosion and holes in the limestone, the researchers found that in the process of oxidizing sulfur, the bacteria create an acidic reaction that dissolves the rocks and releases the carbon that was trapped inside the limestone. https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=302537&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 研究者たちは、海底のメタン湧出層に生息する硫黄酸化細菌の研究を始めた。 メタンハイドレートは、深海のサンゴ礁のようなもので、大量の炭素を含む石灰岩を含んでおり、 硫黄を酸化する微生物は、この石灰岩の上に生息している。
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/20/eabe7798 A slip law for hard-bedded glaciers derived from observed bed topography Science Advances 14 May 2021: Vol. 7, no. 20, eabe7798 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe7798 概要
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