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Nature 407, 685-687 (12 October 2000) | doi:10.1038/35037696
Oceanography: Stirring times in the Southern Ocean
Sallie W. Chisholm
Almost half of the photosynthesis on Earth is carried out by phytoplankton in the sea. So these tiny cells play a huge part in the global carbon cycle, and in regulating climate by controlling the amount of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere.
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