Scientists warn climate models are missing a key ocean player

ScienceDaily
Feb 8, 2026, 1:36 am112 ptsTrending
Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New research shows these microscopic engineers are largely missing from the climate models used to forecast our…

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