Ever heard about foraminifera? These tiny benthic (living at the seafloor) marine organisms are common in oceans across the globe and can be used to accurately give relative dates to sedimentary rocks. But we can also use them to identify past methane emissions from the seabed by studing their test or shell! The measurements were done on foraminifera called Cassidulina neoteretis , which is a ty ...[Read More]
Identification of past methane emission altering the foraminiferal tests by secondary overgrowth of calcium carbonate.
Measurements on the benthic foraminifera called Cassidulina neoteretis were used to assess past methane emissions from the seafloor. credit: Hesemann, M., 2017,
Foraminifera.eu Project).
