Decline of carbon dioxide-gobbling plankton coincided with ancient global cooling
Friday, January 9, 2009 - 03:07
in Earth & Climate
The evolutionary history of diatoms -- abundant oceanic plankton that remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year -- needs to be rewritten, according to a new Cornell study. read more
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