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Warming Oceans Put Kink In Food Chain, Study Says

February 5, 2007 @ 08:47 AM (EST)

The growth of tiny plants at the base of the ocean food chain is tightly linked to changes in the climate, according to a recent study. The finding shows that as temperatures warm, the growth of single-celled ocean plants called phytoplankton slows at Earth's mid and low latitudes. The plants' growth increases when the climate cools...

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