Phytoplankton photosynthesize in chloroplasts, using sunlight and CO? to make sugars and oxygen. Xanthophylls protect chlorophyll by adjusting light energy and burning excess as heat. (Illustration by Amy Caracappa-Qubeck, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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