Stanford researchers find that swarms of tiny organisms churn ocean waters

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Published Apr 18, 2018

Swarms of tiny oceanic organisms known collectively as zooplankton may have an outsize influence on their environment. New research shows that clusters of centimeter-long individuals, each beating its tiny feathered legs, can, in aggregate, create powerful currents that could potentially mix water over hundreds of meters in depth. This effect could potentially influence everything from distribution of ocean nutrients to climate models.
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