In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For […]
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Earth, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Oceans, PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Posted on
May 5, 2025
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