Study shows oceanic phytoplankton declines in northern hemisphere
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 11:50
in Earth & Climate
The world's oceans have seen significant declines in certain types of microscopic plant-life at the base of the marine food chain, according to a new NASA study. The research, published Sept. 23 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, is the first to look at global, long-term phytoplankton community trends based on a model driven by NASA satellite data.