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The rainforest is not the lungs of the Earth — the ocean is. Microscopic phytoplankton drifting in the sunlit top layer of the sea produce roughly half of all the oxygen on the planet, more than every tree and forest combined

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (598+ words) By Lachlan Brown · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 18, 2026 · How we edit I still find the comparison useful. It turns our attention from the most visible producers on Earth to organisms that are mostly invisible, dispersed through the light-filled surface…...