Scientists Go Back in Time to Find More Troubling News About Earth's Oceans
Scientists Go Back in Time to Find More Troubling News About Earth's Oceans
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 24, 20196m 57s
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Show Notes
Plankton don't get nearly the respect they deserve. These tiny organisms (phytoplankton being plant-like cells that produce much of the world’s oxygen, zooplankton being little animals) float around at the mercy of currents and form the very foundation of the ocean food web. You like whales? They eat krill, which eat, wait for it, plankton. You like your climate? Phytoplankton soak up CO2 and spit out oxygen, helping keep the planet a pleasant human habitat.
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