Matthew Humphreys

I study the carbon cycle in the sea and in the air. One moment, a carbon particle may be found in a living organism, and later it may be dissolved in water. It may then be released into the air as carbon dioxide. I want to understand how the equilibrium is achieved. Plankton also plays an important role in this process: plankton grows rapidly in the Spring. It forms an enormous quantity of tiny skeletons that contain a lot of carbon. When plankton dies, some of its skeletons sink to the seabed. Can plankton store carbon in the soil in this way, so that less carbon dioxide enters the air? I design and develop scientific software to calculate this.