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‘Diatomea.’ Diatoms are one of the two main classes of phytoplankton. Their clearly varied and beautiful silica cell walls are called frustules. Illustration from Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel. Coin for scale. 🌊 🦑

URI Graduate School of Oceanography

Tiny organisms, massive impact. 🌊🔬 #URIGSO Professor Tatiana Rynearson and the students in her lab study phytoplankton, the microscopic organisms that produce half the world's oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, and form the foundation of marine food webs. ➡️ Read more buff.ly/qKdc6v2 🧪 🦑