Autonomous robots track plankton in the Arctic Ocean
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Autonomous robots track plankton in the Arctic Ocean

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton. The spring bloom has begun, and populations of these tiny plankton are growing explosively beneath the surface.