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Too much CO2 in the oceans and in the air plus less sunlight is causing phytoplankton bloom. It’s another carbon sink in our planet.
by nashashmi 3y ago
Too much CO2 in the oceans and in the air plus less sunlight is causing phytoplankton bloom.
It’s another carbon sink in our planet.
- nojvek 3y agowhy would less sunlight (and not more sunlight) cause phytoplankton bloom?
- nashashmi 3y agoLess sunlight can mean less UV rays. https://global.si.edu/projects/uv-effects-phytoplankton https://global.si.edu/projects/uv-effects-phytoplankton
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoWhere did you pull that from? The article certainly does not support such a conclusion, in fact it's still not known why it's happening.
- nashashmi 3y agohttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-021-00915-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-021-00915-z
- candiodari 3y ago"known for intense diatoms blooms suspected to enhance CO2 sequestration" You're both right, a bit. It's a near certainty that these cells "eat" CO2, that's how all other plankton works. They eat CO2, live their life, die, sink to the bottom where their remains slowly sink over millions of years. This definitely removes CO2 from the oceans (storing it packaged on the bottom) and should remove CO2 from the atmosphere too due to the enormous contact surface. What is not known is how much it affects CO2 concentrations and while massive algae blooms have been occurring more and more, we're not very sure why and what will happen with them in the future.