linkedin post 2014-02-09 06:23:17

MASSIVE FORTY PERCENT DROP IN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON. “Phytoplankton, described as the ‘fuel’ on which marine ecosystems run, are experiencing declines of about 1 per cent of the average total a year. According to the researchers from Dalhousie University in Canada the annual falls translate to a 40 per cent drop in phytoplankton since 1950. They produce half of the oxygen we breathe, draw down surface carbon dioxide and ultimately support all our fisheries.””


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