This is a story about a very tiny thing: a type of plankton called coccolithophore. Yet, what we learn from it could outline the end of your business, your job, the way you live. Whenever you hit the light switch at home, turn up the thermostat, or pump diesel into your boat, you're changing the ocean that gives you a living. And the coccolithophores are merely a milepost on the way. But we have to start at the beginning — with your light switch. Humans burn stuff — coal, petroleum — to harvestenergy. In the process, there's a lot of carbon left over.
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