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- noun A scholar in the field of
biogeochemistry , the study of the chemical, geological and biological factors that govern the composition of the natural environment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lisa Pratt is a biogeochemist at Indiana University, Bloomington, who studies the fate of complex organic molecules on the surface of Mars.
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Dan Yakir is a biogeochemist in Israel who thought of an innovative use for old newspapers: Analyze them for atmospheric carbon to better understand climate change.
Bacteria's role in colon cancer, cystic fibrosis; burning paper to measure carbon 2011
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Dan Yakir is a biogeochemist in Israel who thought of an innovative use for old newspapers: Analyze them for atmospheric carbon to better understand climate change.
Bacteria's role in colon cancer, cystic fibrosis; burning paper to measure carbon 2011
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Dan Yakir is a biogeochemist in Israel who thought of an innovative use for old newspapers: Analyze them for atmospheric carbon to better understand climate change.
Bacteria's role in colon cancer, cystic fibrosis; burning paper to measure carbon 2011
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"One of the guiding principles in the search for life on other planets, and of our astrobiology program, is that we should 'follow the elements,'" said Ariel Anbar, an ASU professor and biogeochemist.
Life on Earth, with a little arsenic Marc Kaufman 2010
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"One of the guiding principles in the search for life on other planets, and of our astrobiology program, is that we should 'follow the elements,'" said Ariel Anbar, an ASU professor and biogeochemist.
Bacteria stir debate about 'shadow biosphere' Marc Kaufman 2010
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"One of the guiding principles in the search for life on other planets, and of our astrobiology program, is that we should 'follow the elements,'" said Ariel Anbar, an ASU professor and biogeochemist.
Bacteria stir debate about 'shadow biosphere' Marc Kaufman 2010
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Heinz Wilkes, a leading biogeochemist at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), points out: The bacteria isolated here for the first time from marine sediments use sulphate instead of oxygen for respiration and utilize propane and butane as their sole source of carbon and energy.
September 22nd, 2007 2007
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“The twilight zone is a critical link between the surface and the deep ocean,” says Ken Buesseler, a biogeochemist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who was lead author of the study.
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~ Using soil to lock up carbon could help offset global warming -- "In the journal Nature, Cornell biogeochemist Johannes Lehmann writes that an economical way to help offset global warming is to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring biomass without the use of oxygen."
Speedlinking 5/14/07 William Harryman 2007
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