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Filter-feeding larvacean

Filter-feeding larvacean
Filter-feeding larvacean
Filter-feeding larvacean
Filter-feeding larvacean
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Filter-feeding larvacean
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10/01/2021
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Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 56, No. 2, inside front cover:
AN OCEAN OF SNOW
Since the dawn of humanity and long before, the ocean has quietly absorbed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Creatures like this filter-feeding larvacean play a key role in the carbon storage process by taking up and excreting this molecule to deeper waters. But as industries continue to belch inordinate amounts of this greenhouse gas, a big question looms: Can the ocean do more to store carbon? Researchers are investigating the efficacy of a range of potential solutions, and what the impacts might be on marine ecosystems and animals like this larvacean.
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© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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