When heat waves hit, the weirdest plankton in the sea help keep the whole system from breaking down.
It's great to be back in Scientific American, talking about unnoticed and underappreciated species. This time, binary-breaking plankton with the powers of both plants and animals. New research suggests that they are an important part of polar ecosystems, and even more so during heat waves. In a warming arctic, they could be a very big deal.
