Environment

Bridging Biomes: Forests and Oceans

Five questions on the physical, chemical, and biological connections between forested lands and the world's oceans.

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Quiz Questions

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1
The 'biological pump' is a crucial ocean process for carbon sequestration. Which forest-related mechanism is its primary terrestrial counterpart?
Question 1
2
Large-scale deforestation in the Amazon basin is most likely to impact the Atlantic Ocean's nutrient cycles primarily through which altered pathway?
Question 2
3
Which of these coastal forest types is most effective at directly reducing wave energy and preventing coastal erosion, thereby protecting both terrestrial and nearshore marine habitats?
Question 3
4
The phenomenon of 'salmon-derived nutrients' illustrates a key forest-ocean link. What is the primary vector transferring marine nutrients into riparian forests?
Question 4
5
Ocean acidification, driven by absorbed atmospheric CO2, poses a direct threat to marine organisms with calcium carbonate shells or skeletons. How can healthy forests help mitigate the driver of this process?
Question 5

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