Clarifying a plankton paradox reveals climate risks

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Mar 20, 2025, 10:28 am1.4k ptsInterestingTop
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…

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