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Warming Threatens Food Supply For Sea Life And Humans

Warming Threatens Food Supply For Sea Life And Humans!

According to NASA satellite data in December, 2006, the warming of the oceans is reducing production of phytoplankton, a microscopic plant that marine animals eat. This is just a sneak peek at how the ocean will respond to further global warming in the next century. Scott Doney of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusettes said, "What's worrisome is that small changes that happen in the bottom of the food web can have dramatic changes to certain species at higher spots on the food chain."

For more information on this topic and the picture below go to:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17482

 

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