We have plants to thank for the oxygen gas that we rely on to survive. About half comes from the plants we see around us while the other half is contributed by microscopic algae in the ocean called phytoplankton1. All these organisms go through a process called photosynthesis, where carbon dioxide, water and sunlight are utilized to form oxygen and glucose. But what if there is a different source that we weren’t aware? In 2013, scientists studying marine ecosystems in the Cla
