Plankton Produce 85% of World’s Oxygen! Far Out!

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Calling all plankton hunters: Ecologists need your help. (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Phytoplankton, which are plants, are the smallest kind of plankton, but don't underestimate them: they produce up to 85 percent of the world's oxygen.(Karl Bruun/Nostoca Algae Laboratory/Nikon Small World/AP) Everyone loves a good plankton, right? A…