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https://www.sciencealert.com/our-oceans-are-changing-color-and-it-could-affect-how-life-within-it-thrives>
"Analyzing two decades of satellite imagery, researchers from the US and UK
have found Earth's oceans are getting greener, potentially reflecting the
impact climate change is having on phytoplankton populations as the world
warms.
The tiny microbes, including plant-like algae, use green chlorophyll to
photosynthesize. So the greater their numbers, the greener their habitat
becomes.
As appealing as a greener world might sound, a surge in phytoplankton
concentrations is likely to have numerous knock-on effects on ocean ecosystems.
We are already witnessing severe short term impacts of heat-induced increases
in phytoplankton. Their sudden population booms rob their surroundings of
oxygen, creating hypoxic dead zones that not all animals can escape.
But there are longer term consequences too, which we are yet to understand."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
