Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fuelling faster climate change
- Written by Katherina Petrou, Senior Lecturer in Phytoplankton Ecophysiology, University of Technology Sydney
Researchers investigated how acidic oceans affect plankton in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica.Daniel A. Nielsen, Author providedIncreasingly acidic oceans are putting algae at risk, threatening the foundation of the entire marine food web.
Our research into the effects of CO₂-induced changes to microscopic ocean algae – called phytoplankton...
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