Warmer Seas Blocking Nature’s Carbon Pump

Diatoms are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Climate change isn’t just warming the atmosphere, it’s also warming the ocean’s surface and deeper levels of the water column. This is known as the pelagic ocean (the “pelagic zone” is any part of the water column other than that at the sea floor) and it just so happens to harbor the most productive ecosystem on planet Earth.

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Warmer Seas Blocking Nature’s Carbon Pump