Assertion: plankton | /r/CapableOf | sink to the bottom of the sea
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text: Throughout geologic time, in their multitudes plankton have died and sunk to the bottom of the sea, accumulating and eventually turning into oil, which humans burn, releasing that sequestered carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.
text: The plankton absorb the carbon dioxide like a tree," Barton says, "and when they die, they sink to the bottom of the ocean and that carbon is locked away for thousands of years.
text: When plankton die, they sink to the bottom of the oceans.