Tag: phytoplankton

  • Global warming will cause the world’s oceans to change color. Here’s why.

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    Declining populations of phytoplankton, the basis of the marine food chain, will alter the seawater hues, potentially decimating fisheries. The world’s oceans are warming and growing more acidic as a result of climate change, and a provocative new study suggests they’ll be changing color too. Within a few decades, the study showed, regions of the […]

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