Emma Bardsley

[Dreams N Science @dreamsNscience]

SeaWIFS was a satellite-borne sensor that collected from 1997 to 2010  ocean biological data. Its primary mission was to quantify chlorophyll produced by marine phytoplankton. Estimating the amount of global or regional chlorophyll, and therefore phytoplankton, has large implications for climate change and fisheries production. Phytoplankton play a huge role in the uptake of the world's CO². A percentage of these phytoplankton sink to ocean floor, effectively taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and sequestering it in the deep ocean for at least a thousand years. Therefore, the degree of primary production from the ocean could play a large role in slowing climate change.
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