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Left: a handful of Holopedium from a lake in the Muskoka-Haliburton region of Ontario. Right: a Holopedium up close

Calcium loss turning lakes to ‘jelly’

19 Nov 2014

Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of their...

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A CT reconstruction of a foram measured at the Diamond Light Source

Reading ancient climate from plankton shells

28 Oct 2013

Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells, new research shows.

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