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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (51011)5/9/2014 5:46:20 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 86355
 
"acidification is killing the phytoplankton

So is increasing temperature.

Vital marine life diminishing. Associated Press Graphic

When the climate warms, there is a drop in the abundance of the ocean's phytoplankton, the tiny plants that feed krill, fish and whales, according to scientists who say new research offers the first clues to the future of marine life under global warming.

Ocean temperatures have generally risen over the last 50 years as the atmosphere warms. And now nine years of NASA satellite data published today in the journal Nature show that the growth rate and abundance of phytoplankton around the world decreases in warm ocean years and increases in cooler ocean years
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