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Rapid plankton growth seen as indicator carbon dioxide loading in oceans
2015-11-27 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A microscopic marine alga is thriving in the North Atlantic to an extent that defies scientific predictions, suggesting swift environmental change as a result of increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, a study led a by Johns Hopkins University scientist has found. What these findings mean remains to be seen, as does whether the rapid growth in the tiny plankton's population is good or bad news for the planet. Published today in the journal Science, the study details a tenfold increase in the abundance...
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Plankton poo clue could aid climate predictions
2015-10-26 14:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Scientists from the UK's National Oceanography Center (NOC) have set their sights on unmasking the ocean's 'twilight zone' - the area between 100 and 1000 meters deep where a small amount of the sun's light can still penetrate. This area has proved particularly troublesome for researchers to study, as scientific instruments are typically designed to either sink to the ocean floor or float on the surface. But this elusive region is teeming with ocean life that plays a key role in keeping atmospheric...
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Marine plankton brighten clouds over Southern Ocean
2015-07-24 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Satellites use chlorophyll's green color to detect biological activity in the oceans. The lighter-green swirls are a massive December 2010 plankton bloom following ocean currents off Patagonia, at the southern. Credit: Credits: …
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The role of oceanic plankton in cloud formation
2015-07-20 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Nobody knows what our skies looked like before fossil fuel burning began; today, about half the cloud droplets in Northern Hemisphere skies formed around particles of pollution. Cloudy skies help regulate our planets climate and yet the answers to many fundamental questions about cloud formation remain hazy. Satellites use chlorophylls green color to detect biological activity in the oceans. The lighter-green swirls are a massive December 2010 plankton bloom following ocean currents off Patagonia,...
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Marine plankton brighten clouds over Southern Ocean
2015-07-18 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Nobody knows what our skies looked like before fossil fuel burning began; today, about half the cloud droplets in Northern Hemisphere skies formed around particles of pollution. Cloudy skies help regulate our planet's climate, and yet the answers to many fundamental questions about cloud formation remain hazy. New research led by the University of Washington and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory suggest tiny ocean life in vast stretches of the Southern Ocean play a significant role in generating...
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