Robot fleet reveals hidden ocean phytoplankton equal to 250 million elephants
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A fleet of 903 robotic floats measured global phytoplankton biomass at 314 teragrams, equivalent to 250 million elephants. Half of this biomass exists at depths undetectable by satellites, impacting climate change monitoring and revealing limitations in using surface chlorophyll as an indicator of overall phytoplankton levels.
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