This Experiment With Shrimp and Lasers Could Unlock the Ocean’s Secrets
For years, shrimp and their other tiny, uncharismatic brethren collectively known as zooplankton were deemed too inconsequential to alter the oceans. Sure, they’re important food sources but it’s not like they could actually churn the high seas, right? Wrong, according to the new research published in Nature on Wednesday. To see if tiny creatures—which the…