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Coccolithophores: Microscopic Plankton that Regulate Earth's Climate

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Emiliania huxleyi  coccolithophore , Alison R. TAYLOR  (University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility) ; CC BY-SA 2.5 ; Link They're smaller than dust, but crucial for Earth's Climate ( Ruđer Bošković Institute/ScienceDaily ; October 10, 2025) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251010091548.htm Selected Research Articles: Multifaceted Contributions of Coccolithophores to Ocean Carbon Export (LI et al. , 2024) https://spj.science.org/doi/full/10.34133/olar.0049 Coccolithophore calcification response to past ocean acidification and climate change   (O'DEA et al., 2014) https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms6363.pdf