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Tiniest plankton to thrive with increased CO2, upsetting ocean carbon cycle

2013-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Summit County: In the great global warming experiment there will be winners and losers, and it looks like some of the tiniest plankton species will be among the winners -- probably at the expense of larger species higher up the food chain. Research off the coast of Svalbard, Norway in 2010 showed that the smallest plankton groups thrive at elevated carbon dioxide levels. This could cause an imbalance in the food web as well as a decrease ocean CO2 uptake, an important regulator of global climate. The results...

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