Protists such as this Euplotes are common in water, soil, even moss. (IMAGE)

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Protists such as this Euplotes are common in water, soil, even moss.

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Scientists say a few simple measures of a protist’s cell size and shape can be powerful predictors of how they might respond to global warming.

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Courtesy of Dan Wieczynski.

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