A flurry of criticism followed the article’s publication, including from the deep-sea mining company that funded the study, ...

These huge blooms sink to the sea floor when the plankton die, transporting carbon to the deep sea and helping to fight climate change. While plankton blooms like this are usually natural ...

Some plankton combine calcium and dissolved carbonates ... the carbon in their carcasses can create a feast for deep-sea critters and also be buried in marine sediments. Ocean deposits are by ...