Signal: Early plankton bloom
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Arctic plankton blooming up to 50 days earlier now

by on 22. Mar, 2011 in Uncategorized

Each summer, an explosion of tiny ocean-dwelling plants and algae, called phytoplankton, anchors the Arctic food web. But these vital annual blooms of phytoplankton are now peaking up to 50 days earlier than they did 14 years ago, satellite data show. “The ice is retreating earlier in the Arctic, and the phytoplankton blooms are also [...]