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Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet
2014-03-20 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The top predators of the Southern Ocean, far-ranging seabirds, are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton, according to newly published work from the University of California, Davis. When phytoplankton are eaten by grazing crustaceans called krill, they release a chemical signal that calls in krill-eating birds. At the same time, this chemical signal-dimethyl sulfide, or DMS-forms sulfur compounds in the...
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