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Climate change changes the color of the oceans

Climate change changes the color of the oceans
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The strange changes in the color ofO accelerated the research of scientists. Satellite data shows that the oceans in the last 20 years have a green color changes in 56 percent of the ocean. Changes are particularly pronounced in tropical areas near the exvatora. Researchers say that this fine greenization in our oceans pointed out the impact of climate change on life under water.

Why does it turn green?]
NASA’s Modis-Aqua satellite has found that over half of the world oceans have a gradual transition to green tones mainly. Color-changing area bigger than all the lands in the world. BB Cael and colleagues from the National Occinography Center in the Southampton of England analyzed data from NASA and believed that green coloring is a sign of changing ecosystems due to climate change. What these changes are and the exact reason is not yet verified but BB Cael says that most likely, with live creatures located on the basis of most food chains, that is, linked with phytoplankton. These organisms also play a vital role in the production of a large part of oxygen that we breathe and balance our atmosphere. In the study, "The effects of the change of hope began to be felt now in the surface marine microbial ecosystem." [

Koyu shows that blue is less life
The change in the color of the ocean according to the authors of the study can reflect a change in the case of ecosystems. Dark blue indicates that more green tones operate more than fitoplankton. This draws a picture of what is happening in the surface layers of water. However, the color of the ocean may vary from year to year with a large variety of chlorophyll levels on the surface. This makes it difficult to distinguish the transition from blue to green from the climate change. Science people think that watching the color of the ocean can last up to 40 years before detecting any trend. Different satellites measure color changes in different ways. This means that the data obtained from each one will not be combined at most times. A NASA task called Pace to examine changing colors in the ocean is planned to launch in January 2024. This task will monitor plankton, aerosol, clouds and ocean ecosystem.

Source: Climate Change