Earth  ID: 14361

The Insanely Important World of Phytoplankton

Released on June 8, 2023
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Music: "Born to Hold On," "Busy Body," "Hidden Beings," "In Doubt," "Investigation," Universal Production Music

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PACE's Science Lead for Ocean Biogeochemistry Ivona Cetinić describes the weird, wonderful and important world of phytoplankton and why it's important for the PACE mission to study these tiny creatures.
 

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Credits

Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
Lead Producer
Lead Animator
Lead Writer
Lead Editor

Ivona Cetinic (USRA):
Lead Scientist
Lead Interviewee

Jeremy Werdell (NASA/GSFC):
Lead Scientist

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC):
Lead Visualizer

Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.):
Lead Videographer

John D. Philyaw (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.):
Lead Videographer

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)

Keywords:
DLESE >> Physical oceanography
SVS >> Phytoplankton
SVS >> Phytoplankton Blooms
SVS >> Plankton
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Ocean Optics >> Ocean Color
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0