organisms
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The method examines the chemistry of ancient foraminifera, microscopic marine organisms whose remains are preserved in seafloor sediments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
At the center of the study is phosphorus, especially phosphate, a nutrient that marine organisms need to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
When these organisms multiply in enormous numbers during late spring and early summer, their reflective shells scatter sunlight and give the ocean a milky blue appearance that is visible even from space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The process requires washing large amounts of the potentially tainted food to remove the cyclospora organisms, reducing the runoff, and then testing it to see if the parasite was present.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Perhaps if one less dragonfly had drowned in the Carboniferous swamps, the intelligent organisms on our planet today would have feathers and teach their young in rookeries.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
