Plankton Blooms Indicate How Oceans Adapting to Climate Change

Scientists have spotted milky white plankton blooms off the coast of New Zealand, and say it's the latest ecological evidence that our oceans are getting warmer due to human-caused global warming.

The blooms are the remnants of the white algae coccolithophore, and while they're the result of a natural shedding process, new research shows that these blooms are moving further south as cooler seas react to a rise in temperature.

Researchers from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand used satellites and ship observations to chart the algae blooms, which match up with a previous period of natural ocean warming some 130,000 years ago.

http://www.sciencealert.com/these-white-plankton-blooms-show-the-oceans-are-reacting-to-climate-change

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