image/jpeg a collection of shrimp-like copepods are shown with bright orange tails and antennae. Long transparent blobs are found at the top of their carapaces which are fats and lipids.
Photo from Daniel Mayor, University of Exeter.
image/jpeg a large red and white research ship floats in calm waters which reflect the rugged, icy, mountainous coast of Antarctica. The RRS Sir David Attenborough, British Antarctic Survey.
Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Since March is the last week of Antarctic summer, it is appropriate to discuss a 2025 international study of the "seasonal vertical migration pump" which sequesters an enormous 65 million tonnes of carbon every year.
https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70120