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The BIO-Carbon Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) strategic programme exploring how marine life helps the ocean store carbon 🌊
Meet coccolithophores, tiny organisms shaping our climate by capturing CO2 and building ocean ecosystems.

They've worked for millions of years unrecognised. They've earned their day.

We're supporting a new bid to make #CoccolithophoreDay 10th Oct!

#InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors
October 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New research confirms mysterious blue particles from the deep sea are fish pellets, and they have a previously unrecognised role in ocean chemistry and the carbon cycle! 🐟💨💎

Read here: bio-carbon.ac.uk/news/fish-re...
August 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🪼New paper on plankton powerhouses💪
Bringing plankton to the forefront of science, policy & awareness. “New paper explains why their influence is much greater still, helping & influencing humanity in so many ways.”
Prof Alex Poulton @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

bio-carbon.ac.uk/news/immeasu...
July 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🚨 Announcement 🚨
NERC have just released pre-announcements for the final round of BIO-Carbon funding, to open in spring 2026.

bio-carbon.ac.uk/news/joint-n...
Joint NERC-NASA collaboration for BIO-Carbon Stage 2 announced – with linked workshop | Biological Influence on Future Ocean Storage of Carbon
bio-carbon.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Did you know that we are endorsed as a @unoceandecade.bsky.social Project under the JETZON Programme?

Watch our expedition video to learn all about how we're unlocking the role of marine life in ocean carbon storage! 🌊🐟

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2xz...
Onboard the RRS James Cook: Unlocking the role of marine life in ocean carbon storage
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
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June 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today marks one year since the launch of our first expedition! 🚢

From a coccolithophore bloom the size of Scotland, to the first country-to-country deployment for an ALR, our spring and autumn expeditions pushed the boundaries of #oceanscience.

Watch our wrap up: www.instagram.com/p/DJ6aJXMpm_t/
May 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM