- Meet zooplankton: the tiny heroes of ocean carbon storage. 🦐 A new study produced in collaboration with BAS scientists unearths how zooplankton (tiny ocean animals) are responsible for storing more carbon than previously thought. 📸: Dan Mayor
- 65 million tonnes of carbon annually in fact! That’s 600,000 blue whales! Excitingly, some of the data behind these findings was collected during the BIOPOLE research expedition, the first scientific mission for the RRS Sir David Attenborough! 📸: Chris Gilbert
- Previously, scientists thought the main export of carbon to the Southern Ocean depths was from waste produced by zooplankton. But due to the efforts of the PICCOLO and BIOPOLE projects, we now understand that the seasonal migration of zooplankton is key to ocean carbon storage. 📸: William ClarkJul 4, 2025 15:34
- Find out more at: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
