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The tiny ocean creatures with a global impact

Smaller warm water plankton are also replacing more nutritious cold water ones, often also with differing seasonal cycles, meaning the species that feed on them need to adapt or move too.

A sample containing Calanus helgolandicus, a type of zoo plankton, is pictured at the The Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, south England. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a child's imagination.

But when scientist Clare Ostle opens it up and

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