January 3, 2025 – Practicing darkfield microscopy as the Nathaniel B. Palmer moves up and down through the Southern Ocean waves … We came to look at phytoplankton. Along with other members of the ship’s science team, I pumped thousands of samples of seawater through a digital microscope, watching Rhizoselenia and Chaetoceros fly by
Made possible with funding by the U.S. National Science Foundation Award #2221990. The information contained here is those of the author(s) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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