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September 29, 2015

Tiny plankton can play a major role in CO2 storage in the oceans
Glasgow, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2015
Tiny zooplankton animals, each no bigger than a grain of rice, may be playing a huge part in regulating climate change, research involving the University of Strathclyde has found. The zooplankton group, known as copepods, build up carbon-rich lipids as a nutritional reserve during late summer whilst they are in the surface waters of the ocean. Then, they use these reserves to survive their winter hibernation period which they spend at around one mile down in the deep ocean, out of contact with the ... read more

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