Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190609:11:54:00
>> tremendously important for carbon draw down, takes in carbon dioxide. >> reporter: fight plankton jump start the cycle of life, feeding on the phyto plankton under the ice are zoo fish that feed all the way up the food chain, including us. >> it's exciting. there's a lot there. a lot different than what we've seen so far actually, in terms of the diversity of things. >> reporter: initial data from hundreds of samples confirm the team's expectations, plankton, that critical source of ocean food concentrates where the freshly melted ice is. >> this is crazy how strong this is, 14 milligrams p...