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Eugene

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Mon Sep 9, 2013, 09:15 AM Sep 2013

Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cycles

Source: Science Codex

Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cycles

posted by news on september 8, 2013 - 5:30pm

New research from the University of East Anglia shows that rising ocean temperatures will upset natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorous.

Plankton plays an important role in the ocean's carbon cycle by removing half of all CO2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and storing it deep under the sea – isolated from the atmosphere for centuries.

Findings published today in the journal Nature Climate Change reveal that water temperature has a direct impact on maintaining the delicate plankton ecosystem of our oceans.

The new research means that ocean warming will impact plankton, and in turn drive a vicious cycle of climate change.

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