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Plankton's Shifting Role in Deep Sea Carbon Storage Explored [1]

The tiny phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, invisible to the naked eye, plays an outsized role in drawing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it deep in the seas.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2011
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Carbon Sequestration [4], Oceans and Seas [5], Carbon Sinks [6], Carbon Dioxide [7], Fossil Fuels [8], Global Warming [9], Nitrogen Dioxide [10]
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