Dawn-to-dusk ocean giants: the invisible plankton migration powering oceans and climate.
Plankton migrate vertically with the tides, yet drift horizontally through microcurrents unseen by maps or satellites.
Some plankton migrate weekly to polar depths, surviving lightless winters by storing energy as antifreeze proteins.
Tiny plankton migrations drive global carbon transport more than surface winds in the deepest oceans.
Migrations occur at speeds slower than a snail, but over millennia reshape ocean chemistry and climate feedbacks.
Plankton migrate vertically with the tides, yet drift horizontally through microcurrents unseen by maps or satellites.
Some plankton migrate weekly to polar depths, surviving lightless winters by storing energy as antifreeze proteins.
Tiny plankton migrations drive global carbon transport more than surface winds in the deepest oceans.
Migrations occur at speeds slower than a snail, but over millennia reshape ocean chemistry and climate feedbacks.
