Enhanced carbon export driven by internal tides over the mid-Atlantic ridge (CarTRidge)

Plankton in the ocean, microscopic plants (phytoplankton) and tiny animals (zooplankton) that eat the plants, are vital to marine life and to Earth's climate. They form the base of food chains that support ocean ecosystems, and remove carbon from the atmosphere and bury it in (or export it to) the ocean depths. It is currently thought that…