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Increased carbon dioxide enhances plankton growth
2016-01-17 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Coccolithophores -- tiny calcifying plants that are part of the foundation of the marine food web -- have been increasing in relative abundance in the North Atlantic over the last 45 years, as carbon input into ocean waters has increased. Their relative abundance has increased 10 times, or by an order of magnitude, during this sampling period. This finding was diametrically opposed to what scientists had expected since coccolithophores make their plates out of calcium carbonate, which is becoming...
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