Friday, August 13, 2010

Ocean greenery under warming stress


A century of phytoplankton decline suggests that ocean ecosystems are in peril.

Marine phytoplankton — the vast range of tiny algae species accounting for roughly half of Earth's total photosynthetic biomass — have declined substantially in the world's oceans over the past century, researchers report in Nature1 this week. The findings add to concerns that climate change is dangerously altering marine ecosystems.

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