Marine biology: Polar merry-go-spherical
Nature Geoscience 10, seventy four (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2870
Author: Marcel Babin
The dynamics of polar marine ecosystems are poorly understood. A laser-based mostly area-borne sensor captures annual cycles of phytoplankton biomass in seasonally ice-free polar waters, and supplies clues on how progress drives these cycles.