"Despite thriving in warm tropical waters, a prolific phytoplankton that produces about one-fifth of Earth’s oxygen could be decimated by global heating. Prochlorococcus division rates sharply decline in temperatures above 28 ℃ [82.4 F]."
"They’re at the very base of the food web, and they feed everything else. When changes are being made to the planet that influence these particular organisms that are essentially feeding us, that’s going to have big consequences."
https://apnews.com/article/phytoplankton-prochlorococcus-decline-food-web-warming-oceans-c9e31c10b3ff9d613b41517836d55122
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