A better understanding of how carbon cycles through the ocean could advance our knowledge of climate change, according to a UT researcher.

From beach shallows to the ocean depths, vast numbers of microbes work together to transform and store atmospheric carbon in the world’s oceans, compounds collectively referred to as dissolved organic carbon (DOC). But studying the connections between those ocean-borne compounds and microbes has been impractical because of their huge number and complexity—until now.

Internationally recognized earth scientist,Berrien Moore III, is visiting the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to speak on climate change and the world’s dependence on fossil fuels.