Ocean Life (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Ocean Life

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Symbiotic bacteria inside microscopic life forms called diatoms take nitrogen from the air, enabling them to thrive in the nutrient-poor tropical Atlantic.

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David Caron

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