Rapid plankton growth in ocean seen as sign of carbon dioxide loading
Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
This is a scanning electron microscope image of a coccolithophore, which can measure from 5 to 15 microns across, less than a fifth the width of a human hair. 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.