Plankton may not survive global warming with "devastating effects" - Oceanographic
oceanographicmagazine.com
Scientists warn of the "devastating impact" upon marine ecosystems and food supplies if plankton can't survive current temperature rises.
  • PhilipTheBucketA
    10·
    24 days ago

    Within 70 years?

    I’m not saying you are wrong or this isn’t useful data, but we would have to get extremely lucky not to feel devastating impacts before 70 more years go by.

  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
    6·
    24 days ago

    Model based, but hard to understand why:

    1. Ocean temperatures have risen significantly just in last 2 and 8 years. (Tropical Atlantic ocean is already consistent with what 2C of warming would bring)
    2. Even with 2 or 4C or higher warming, there will be ocean that is less than 31C surface temperature.

    Why can’t plankton move to cooler waters?

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netOPM
      12·
      23 days ago

      It will move to cooler water, that is explicitly mentioned in the paper this article is based on. But the reduction of habitat area as a result of that will significantly reduce the total plankton biomass.

      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
        3·
        23 days ago

        Thank you. Makes sense that more plankton can grow (capture CO2 as well) if more of the ocean is cool enough. Headline implies worse than lower plankton population.