Collaborative Research: NSF OCE-BSF: Coupling organic nutrient cycling to methane producti — NSF Award to Woods Hole Oceanographic
Open ocean surface waters are natural sources of methane to the atmosphere. As recently as a decade ago the source of this methane was a mystery, because methane production was only known to occur in certain environments without oxygen. Recently, the discovery of several metabolic pathways that enable microbes to trans
| Award title | Collaborative Research: NSF OCE-BSF: Coupling organic nutrient cycling to methane producti |
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| Award ID | 2241667 |
| Awardee | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| City | WOODS HOLE |
| State | MA |
| Amount obligated | $728,181 |
| Principal investigator | Daniel Repeta |
| Program | BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, Chemical Oceanography |
| Start date | 07/01/2023 |
| Abstract | Open ocean surface waters are natural sources of methane to the atmosphere. As recently as a decade ago the source of this methane was a mystery, because methane production was only known to occur in certain environments without oxygen. Recently, the discovery of several metabolic pathways that enable microbes to transform organic matter into methane in the presence of oxygen has led to a shift away from the idea that methane can only be produced in anaerobic (oxygen-free) environments. The inve |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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