Did you know you can study Plankton from space? Well, earlier this year, NASA

launched a satellite to do exactly that.

If I would take a wave-plankton now, oceans would die, climate would change, we would not have anything

to eat.

So it would be a very sad place and probably we wouldn't care because we would be dead.

It's Friday, March 22nd, and you're listening to Science Friday.

I'm Cyfry producer D. Peter Schmidt.

Like to play a super important role in our planet's ecosystem. Not only are they an essential component of our

ocean's food chain, but many of them also act as the trees of the seas taking in carbon dioxide

and producing oxygen, which is partly why NASA wanted to

launch its new satellite pace, which stands for plankton aerosol, cloud, and ocean

ecosystem so they can better understand how these tiny creatures interact with Earth

and if we can use them to mitigate climate change.

But first, Ira Flato talks with science journalist Jason Din about the top news and science this week.

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization

shows that last year had the hottest average global temperatures

since they were first recording stuff 174 years ago. Wow. Most concerning is a rise in ocean

temperatures and 2024 is on track to break last year's records. Joining me to

talk about that,

another top science news of the week

is Jason Din, climate editor at Atmos magazine

based in Washington.

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