Live foraminifera under light microscope (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Live foraminifera under light microscope

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A microscope image of a shelled plankton. According to research from The University of Texas at Austin, plankton populations like this flourished in the tropics during past global cooling and may vanish as the climate warms.

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Tracy Aze

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