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Plastic in foraminifera and possible consequences for the environment

Phys Dot Org 22 Nov 2022

Single-celled organisms with calcareous shells, called foraminifera, contribute significantly to the formation of sand deposited on beaches, islands and coastal areas ... In some regions of the world, however, such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia, many beaches consist largely of the calcareous shells of foraminifera.

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Test structure in some pioneer multichambered Paleozoic foraminifera [Evolution]

PNAS 21 Jun 2021

The majority of calcareous Paleozoic foraminifera have been assigned...

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Thermal niches of planktonic foraminifera are static throughout glacial-interglacial climate change [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]

PNAS 26 Apr 2021

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The Indian monsoon’s impact on the ice age provides a clue into global warming

Quartz 19 Mar 2019

The past may be a surprisingly useful guide for predicting responses to future climate change ... Our study used these deep sea sediments from the northern Bay of Bengal to capture a direct signal of the Indian summer monsoon from 140,000 to 128,000 years ago, hidden in the fossilised shells of tiny microscopic creatures called foraminifera ... ....

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Form and function of F-actin during biomineralization revealed from live experiments on foraminifera [Earth, Atmospheric, ...

PNAS 05 Mar 2019

Although the emergence of complex biomineralized forms has been investigated for over a century, still little is known on how single cells control morphology of skeletal structures, such as frustules, shells, spicules, or scales. We have run experiments on the shell formation in foraminifera, unicellular, mainly marine organisms that can... .

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Metabolic preference of nitrate over oxygen as an electron acceptor in foraminifera from the Peruvian ...

PNAS 19 Feb 2019

Benthic foraminifera populate a diverse range of marine habitats. Their ability to use alternative electron acceptors—nitrate (NO3−) or oxygen (O2)—makes them important mediators of benthic nitrogen cycling ... We measured... .

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Foraminifera samples tell long history of South China Sea

People Daily 16 Mar 2017

Already, scientists have finished their work at the first drilling station ... Foraminifera were identified in the core samples, analyzed on U.S. drilling ship JOIDES Resolution ... .

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Ancient fossils the size of sand grains could give insight into evolution

The Daily Mail 15 Aug 2013

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Tiny foraminifera in oceans can save islands, study finds

PhysOrg 06 Feb 2013

Countless billions of tiny, microscopic shelled creatures known as foraminifera inhabit the oceans of our planet ... Most of the approximately 10,000 foraminifera species live on the bottom of tropical and sub-tropical oceans, are surrounded by a calcareous shell, and do not even reach the size of a grain of sand.

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Mesozoic Planktonic Foraminifera Workshop held at BGU (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

noodls 01 Nov 2012

In September, the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences hosted a workshop of experts on the subject of Mesozoic planktonic foraminifera with the participation of well-known scientists from around the world ... of foraminifera from different periods of the era. .

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Sioux City foraminifera

The Examiner 21 Jun 2011

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Foraminifera Can Help Assess Recovery After Oil Spill

redOrbit 16 Sep 2010

Millimeter-size marine organisms called foraminifera have been used to monitor pollutants in marshes and oceans, and could help to assess recovery in the Gulf of Mexico following the three-month long Deepwater Horizon oil spill ... "The foraminifera might be the only thing that you can recover, because they have shells that are preserved.

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Tiny foraminifera shells can help assess recovery after oil spill

PhysOrg 16 Sep 2010

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millimeter-size marine organisms called foraminifera have been used to monitor pollutants in marshes and oceans, and could help to assess recovery in the Gulf of Mexico following the three-month long Deepwater Horizon oil spill . ... The last three chambers of this foraminifera are severely deformed in response to pollution.

photo: AP Photo / Lenny Ignelzi

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Homebuilding Beyond The Abyss

redOrbit 12 Feb 2010

Evidence from the Challenger Deep – the deepest surveyed point in the world's oceans – suggests that tiny single-celled creatures called foraminifera living at extreme depths of more than ten kilometers build their homes using material that sinks down from near the ocean surface.

photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo

People swims on a beach with a sunset view from the ocean , Subic , Olongapo City , Philippines , September 23 , 2009.

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How is global warming changing the world?

Independent online (SA) 06 Dec 2009

Following are the main indicators, reported in the scientific press over past three years.. RISING SEAS ... Continues Below ↓ ... Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the protective calcium shell of amoeba-like organisms living in the Southern Ocean called foraminifera, a vital link in the food chain, has fallen in weight by a third ... STORMS ... .