Tag: Calanus finmarchicus
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NASA Detects Tiny Red Plankton That Helps Save Endangered Right Whales
How a Satellite Spotlighted a Tiny Ocean Player In a surprising turn of satellite science, NASA’s Aqua mission recently focused on a microscopic yet mighty creature lurking in the Atlantic: Calanus finmarchicus, a red plankton species whose abundance can influence the fate of the North Atlantic right whale. Far off the New England coast, researchers…
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Tiny Red Plankton, Big Hope: How NASA’s Ocean Watch Helps Save the North Atlantic Right Whale
Introduction: A Satellite Perspective on the Ocean’s Tiny Pillars Far off the New England coast, scientists have long known that the fate of the North Atlantic right whale is closely tied to what happens beneath the waves. This week, NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a new lens on that connection by detecting vast clouds of a…
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NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive
What NASA Found Off the New England Coast In a remarkable crossover of space technology and ocean biology, NASA scientists using the Aqua satellite began by zooming in on the ocean off the New England coast. The mission wasn’t chasing stars or weather, but tiny red lifeforms that play a big role in one of…