Robert Sanscartier<p>A fascinating new discovery from Dalhousie University in Canada has unveiled the hidden weight of the ocean’s phytoplankton, revealing an enormous biomass previously underestimated. Using a network of 903 robotic floats, researchers have measured the global biomass of these microscopic marine plants, finding that it totals around 314 teragrams, or 346 million tons—roughly the combined weight of 250 million elephants</p><p><a href="https://jasondeegan.com/canadian-robot-finds-the-oceans-hidden-weight-equal-to-250-million-elephants/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jasondeegan.com/canadian-robot</span><span class="invisible">-finds-the-oceans-hidden-weight-equal-to-250-million-elephants/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>