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The biomass of some of the smallest ocean organisms may be stable or even increase in a warming world, suggests a data analysis based on machine-learning techniques.

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Fig. 1: Electron micrograph of negative-stained Prochlorococcus.

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Iudicone, D. Some may like it hot. Nat. Geosci. 13, 98–99 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0535-z

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