NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
May 06, 2025
May 06, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- NASA issued the following article:
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NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
By Emily DeMarco, NASA Headquarters
In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton -- called Calanus finmarchicus -- from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale's l . . .
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NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales
By Emily DeMarco, NASA Headquarters
In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton -- called Calanus finmarchicus -- from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale's l . . .