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Biogeochemistry

Biogeochemistry

    • Marine carbonate chemistry Featured Article Marine carbonate chemistry Marine carbonate chemistry

      The ocean represents the largest surficial carbon reservoir (~38,000 Pg C) of Earth's carbon cycle. The mean concentration of inorganic carbon in the ocean is about 2.3... More »

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      Calcium is the chemical element with atomic number 20; it has an atomic mass of 40.078 atomic mass units (amu). The chemical symbol for calcium is Ca. Calcium is a soft gray... More »

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      The Krebs cycle, also known as the citric acid cycle or the tricarboxylic acid cycle, is one of the most important reaction sequences in biochemistry. Not only is this series of... More »

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        Pure nickel is a hard, silvery-white metal, which has properties that make it very desirable for combining with other metals to form mixtures called alloys. Some... More »

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    • Extremophile Featured Article Extremophile Extremophile

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    • Zinc Featured Article Zinc Zinc

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Seawater Last Updated on 2013-03-28 at 17:22   Seawater is a mixture of various salts and water. Most of the water in the ocean basins is believed to originate from the condensation of water found in... More »
Evapotranspiration Last Updated on 2013-03-21 at 18:53   Introduction Evapotranspiration (ET) is a term describing the transport of water into the atmosphere from surfaces, including soil (soil evaporation), and... More »
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Biogeochemical cycles Last Updated on 2012-10-03 at 11:47 Biogeochemical cycles are pathways for the transport and transformation of matter within four categorical areas that make up planet Earth (biosphere, hydrosphere,... More »
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