Your gift gives people that childlike spark of curiosity and turns remote destination voyages into open-source science.
You're supporting a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — your tax-deductible gift directly funds polar field research and training, lab analytics, open-source data, and stewardship work connected to our planet's fastest changing environments.
Three priorities your investment fuels.
Every dollar you give moves directly into one of three strategic priorities — the work that keeps citizen-powered polar science alive between voyages.
Research
Your contribution allows us to advance our science and development goals by funding the students and researchers who are part of our network.
Education and Outreach
Your donation supports the development of our educational platforms and the creation of new outreach materials to spread the word about plankton and its importance.
Field operations
Your support keeps this nonprofit organization running, including laboratory analyses, polar research, and seasonal field operations.
Meet the crew powering polar science.
Every tiny hero plays a giant role. Symbolically adopt the one that speaks to you — each adoption funds field kits, lab analytics, and open-source data from the world's fastest-changing seas.
Adopt a Flagellate
Smallest, hardest working micro-swimmers — the tiny engines that keep polar food webs spinning.
Adopt a Solitary Diatom
A single, gorgeous silica glass shell — nature's microscopic architecture floating through cold seas.
Adopt a Chain-Forming Diatom
Colonial diatoms linking together hand-in-hand to drive the spectacular polar summer bloom.
Adopt a Krill
The giant of the plankton world — the keystone meal that feeds whales, penguins, and seals.
Adoptions are symbolic gifts to support Plankton Base, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Fund the frontier.
Choose a level that matches your ambition. Major gifts directly underwrite expeditions, build lab capacity, and open-source the data the world needs.
Find us on Benevity.
If your employer offers workplace giving or matching through Benevity, you can route your donation — and any company match — directly to Plankton Base.
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