Earth's Biggest Migration Gets A New Explanation

Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 12:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Credit: WikipediaBy Peter Gwynne, Inside Science(Inside Science) – Each day small sea creatures known as plankton rise from deep underwater to the ocean's surface during the night and then return to the depths in daytime. Zoologists describe this “diel” movement, named after the Latin word for day, as Earth’s biggest migration. read more

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