Briefly describe what robinson and her colleagues are trying to understand. why does she think the ocean has a lot to do with this

Laura Robinson and her colleagues were researching on the processes that regulates the climate.

Explanation:

Robinson started off her journey with her colleagues in her submarine Alvin for research to North Atlantic. She wanted to study the factors that affects and controls the climate.

In her research she has tried to focus on the questions related to- reconstructions of paleoclimates, timing of this climate change, weathering impacts on climate and ocean, sea coral biogeography, chemical tracers related to the circulation of ocean. She believed that ocean has a huge impact on climate change.

The samples of study- the fossils, corals and sediments collected from the deep sea and oceans and the changes that they undergo supports her claim.  

fertilization, pictured in figure 24.23a is the process in which gametes (an egg and sperm) fuse to form a zygote. the egg and sperm each contain one set of chromosomes. to ensure that the offspring has only one complete diploid set of chromosomes, only one sperm must fuse with one egg. in mammals, the egg is protected by a layer of extracellular matrix consisting mainly of glycoproteins called the zona pellucida. when a sperm binds to the zona pellucida, a series of biochemical events, called the acrosomal reactions, take place. in placental mammals, the acrosome contains digestive enzymes that initiate the degradation of the glycoprotein matrix protecting the egg and allowing the sperm plasma membrane to fuse with the egg plasma membrane, as illustrated in figure 24.23b. the fusion of these two membranes creates an opening through which the sperm nucleus is transferred into the ovum. the nuclear membranes of the egg and sperm break down and the two haploid genomes condense to form a diploid genome.

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