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phytoplankton

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phytoplankton
see plankton.
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Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.
Antarctica glacier retreat creates new CO2 store by Asian News International
After absorbing the carbon through the natural process of photosynthesis, the phytoplankton are eaten, or otherwise die and sink to the ocean floor.
Antarctica's ice loss helps offset global warming: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition
This is because its plant component, phytoplankton (its animal component is called zooplankton), pulls massive amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere as it photosynthesizes.
Dear EarthTalk: Why is the plankton in the oceans dying? And what ... by EarthTalk: Questions & Answers About Our Environment. A Weekly Column
 
 
 
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