Why Glycolysis Sucks! Formate 4-Evah!
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By , on September 16th, 2010 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Microbes, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , ,  

The basic energy molecule for life is ATP, adenosine triphosphate. It fuels all those cellular reactions that life needs. To produce one mol of ATP requires 70 kilojoules. That’s about 16 calories for reference. One kilojoule is near the maximum amount of solar radiation received by a square meter on Earth every second. When animals . . . → Read More: Why Glycolysis Sucks! Formate 4-Evah!

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Ocean Acidification, Not Good For Living
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By , on April 13th, 2009 6 comments   Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Geology, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Two recent papers in Nature GeoScience demonstrate the real effects of ocean acidification. For those not in know, there is an ongoing decrease in the pH of the oceans from carbon dioxide released by humans into the atmosphere. From 1751 to 1994, the pH of the world’s oceans has dropped by 0.1, an considerable decrease . . . → Read More: Ocean Acidification, Not Good For Living

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