Creating new scientific models of plankton is “critical” to understanding the scale of global climate change, a new paper argues. The article, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s Professor Kevin Flynn and including the University of Exeter, argues that the models used to simulate the influence of plankton on ocean ecosystems are based on out-of-date concepts. The paper is published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Researchers call for plankton modeling ‘revolution’
