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    The CLAW hypothesis proposes a negative feedback loop that operates between ocean ecosystems and the Earth's climate. The hypothesis specifically proposes...
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    anti-CLAW hypothesis. Lovelock proposed that instead of providing negative feedback in the climate system, the components of the CLAW hypothesis may act...
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    temperature within the limits of habitability. The CLAW hypothesis, inspired by the Gaia hypothesis, proposes a feedback loop that operates between ocean...
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    Some natural environmental phenomena, such as the one proposed in the CLAW hypothesis also arise from the interaction between naturally produced CCNs and...
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    coming years from ongoing research and processing of data. CLAW hypothesis GAIA hypothesis Biological pump Ocean color remote sensing Oceanic carbon cycle...
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    column Biological pump – Carbon capture process in oceans CLAW hypothesis – A hypothesised negative feedback loop connecting the marine biota and the...
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    A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles...
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    This, therefore, maintains the balance and equilibrium of nature. CLAW hypothesis Dimethyl sulfide Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Emiliania huxleyi virus...
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    Behrenfeld, Michael J. (2010). "Abandoning Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis on phytoplankton blooms". Ecology. 91 (4): 977–989. Bibcode:2010Ecol....
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    the oceans may have a significant impact on the Earth's climate. The CLAW hypothesis suggests that in this manner DMS may play a role in planetary homeostasis...
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    mechanism is central to the CLAW hypothesis. This is one of the examples used by James Lovelock to illustrate his Gaia hypothesis. During SOFeX, DMS concentrations...
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  • fields of climate forcing and climate change, and coauthor of the CLAW hypothesis. Charlson is known for his research in atmospheric chemistry, aerosol...
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    Belt Great Calcite Belt Milky seas effect Related topics Algaculture CLAW hypothesis CPR Diel vertical migration f-ratio Marine primary production Ocean...
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    contributes to the sulfur flux into the atmosphere and according to the CLAW hypothesis, plays a role in regulating global climate. Increased production of...
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    larval ecology Milt Salmon run Spawning bed Spawning trigger Stable ocean hypothesis Video plankton recorder Thurman, H. V. (1997). Introductory Oceanography...
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    E.C. Theriot favours a different hypothesis of phylogeny, which has been termed the structural gradation hypothesis (SGH) and does not recognise the Mediophyceae...
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  • Look up claw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A claw is a sharp growth at the end of a toe or finger. Claw or Claws may also refer to: Claw (comics)...
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    Historically, blooms have been explained by Sverdrup's critical depth hypothesis, which says blooms are caused by shoaling of the mixed layer. Similarly...
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    on climatic temperatures, for example contrasting the Iris hypothesis and CLAW hypothesis. A change in the type, distribution and coverage of vegetation...
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    Jay Charlson, Meinrat Andreae and Stephen G. Warren developed the CLAW hypothesis as a possible example of biological control of the Earth's climate...
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    1905 the symbiogenic origin of the plastid. Lynn Margulis brought this hypothesis back to attention more than 60 years later but the idea did not become...
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