2010-11-13

What is plankton

They are the smallest animals and plants found in the sea.  Yet they have a profound effect upon the balance of carbon dioxide, the major green house gas.  Planktons absorb a vast quantity of carbon dioxide gas and can thus be said to be helping to prevent global warming.

This word itself came into biological use in 1886 to describe these microscopic plants and animals, floating, swimming and drifting in the surface waters of the seas.


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