A new study has revealed that small but mighty zooplankton—including copepods, krill, and salps—are key players in the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb and store carbon.

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter, they’re secretly stashing 65 million tonnes of carbon far ...

Clavisodalis heterocentroti is described from the pencil urchin, Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck), at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This is the third genus of Taeniacanthidae known to ...

A chilling discovery in the deep waters off the South Sandwich Islands reveals a strange, blood-sucking phenomenon. Parasites attach themselves to a rattail fish, feeding off its body in an eerie ...

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A groundbreaking study has revealed that small but mighty zooplankton—including copepods, krill, and salps—are key players in the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb and store carbon. Led by an ...