Phytoplankton are basically algae, and they’re a huge natural carbon sink when they die and fall to the bottom of the ocean. It’s just that we’re overwhelming

Phytoplankton are basically algae, and they’re a huge natural carbon sink when they die and fall to the bottom of the ocean. It’s just that we’re overwhelming this sequestration mechanism by digging up and burning dead phytoplankton much faster than new ones grow to replace them.