COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Greenhouse Gas Likely Altering Ocean Foodchain: Atmospheric CO2 Has Big Consequences for Tiny Bacteria
Description: In climate change, as in everything, there are winners and losers. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and temperature rise globally, scientists increasingly want to know which organisms will thrive and which will perish in the environment of tomorrow. The answer to this question for nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria (bacteria that obtain energy through photosynthesis, or "blue-green algae") turns out to have implications for every living thing in the ocean. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702100350.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 7/2/2013
Reading Level: Basic
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