How a hypoxic environment is conducive to organic carbon storage in the coastal ecosystem

Recently, Science China Earth Sciences published a paper about the transformation of organic matter by microorganisms under anoxic/hypoxic conditions. With the intensification of water eutrophication and global warming, hypoxia occurs frequently in coastal waters. In this study, the researchers performed an experiment to investigate changes in microbial community and the molecular characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) under hypoxic conditions.