Clarifying a Plankton Paradox Reveals Climate Risks
March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025
SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 20 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release:
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Clarifying a plankton paradox reveals climate risks
The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by intricate glass skeletons. In the 1960s, the ecologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson pointed out something confusing: why do so many kinds of plankton exist? Mathematically, they shouldn't all be a . . .
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Clarifying a plankton paradox reveals climate risks
The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by intricate glass skeletons. In the 1960s, the ecologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson pointed out something confusing: why do so many kinds of plankton exist? Mathematically, they shouldn't all be a . . .