Despite its “Science Fiction Trilogy” sounding name, The Plankton Chronicles is a series of short, compelling educational videos made in conjunction with Tara Oceans Expeditions (a scientific expedition to “sail the seven seas” collecting plankton samples to understand and hopefully mitigate the effects of climate change) and the Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Viewed as a set, they invite the viewer into the kaleidoscopic world that exists in a teaspoon of seawater as well as the open oceans.  Click on the image for a macro lens glimpse.

On a surface level one can sum up the series with one word: Cool.  Of course the subject  matter is both deeply varied and hugely important, the basis of life on earth in fact. Which brings me back to the same word…