Throughout the Ocean, Climate Change is Forcing Plankton to Move

"Their distribution is now systematically different from before significant human influence," the researcher says.

By Roni Dengler
May 23, 2019 10:03 PMFeb 24, 2020 2:58 AM
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Some of the smallest creatures in the sea are also some of the most influential. Plankton, a group of microscopic marine organisms that includes bacteria, amoebas and snail larvae, among other things, prop up the base of the oceanic food chain. Every sea creature, from clownfish to whales, ultimately depend on plankton for food.

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