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Once introduced, the clay dust accelerates carbon sinking by helping to form flocs that are heavier and sink faster.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Combined with the natural sinking of uneaten flocs, this process has the potential to lock away substantial amounts of carbon at greater depths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
That dust grabs the organic carbon the phytoplankton released, forming sticky balls called flocs.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Orange bacterial floc and white flecks of sediment whirled around the sub like a blizzard.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
In a new set of experiments, Ratcliff’s team is pitting snowflake yeast against floc yeast in a head-to-head battle.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2015
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Combined with the natural sinking of uneaten flocs, this process has the potential to lock away substantial amounts of carbon at greater depths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
That dust grabs the organic carbon the phytoplankton released, forming sticky balls called flocs.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Orange bacterial floc and white flecks of sediment whirled around the sub like a blizzard.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
In a new set of experiments, Ratcliff’s team is pitting snowflake yeast against floc yeast in a head-to-head battle.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2015
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“Floc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floc. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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floc
1 of 2 noun
: a flocculent mass formed by the aggregation of a number of fine suspended particles
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