Sentences with phrase «tiny ocean animals»

The shells of tiny ocean animals known as foraminifera — specifically Globigerina bulloides — are shrinking as a result of the slowly acidifying waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.

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For the ocean's tiny grazing animals, the microscopic algae called diatoms are a favorite food — and like most delicacies, they are turning out to be hazardous.

In fact, the water around such animals flows with their go, new research has found, suggesting tiny swimmers may have a big impact on ocean mixing.

Tiny microscopic animals called zooplankton are ingesting plastic particles at an alarming rate, according to a new study by Dr. Peter Ross, head of the Ocean Pollution Research Program at Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre.

Almost half a billion years ago, the largest animal on Earth was a 2 - meter - long, helmet - headed sea creature that fed on some of the ocean's tiniest prey.

Although that in itself was initially a mystery, scientists now know these animals release tiny larvae that get carried by ocean currents to different vents, where they settle and form a new colony.

Your learners will appreciate this one much more: A starfish is a beautiful and fascinating animal in the ocean that is related to sand dollars and has tiny tube feet to help it move along.

Every year, eight million tons of plastic are dumped in waterways and oceans, entangling marine wildlife and breaking down into tiny pieces that are ingested by animals and often eaten by humans.

That's bad news for the climate, because the ocean is responsible for absorbing at least one quarter of the CO2 that humans load into the air through fossil fuel burning and other activities — and it is the action of foraminifera and other tiny shell - building animals, along with plants like algae that lock it away safely for millennia.

Large patches of tiny plants and animals that they feed on will likely move or change in abundance as climate change alters seawater temperature, winds and ocean currents.

In our oceans tiny plants and animals, plankton, incorporate the calcium and carbonic acid into shells of calcium carbonate.