Instagram: Phytoplankton Levels Dropping
This is a 15-second video explaining the decrease in phytoplankton levels.
New research led by NASA researchers has found populations of the microscopic marine plants, phytoplankton, have decreased in the Northern Hemisphere. An analysis using a NASA model in combination with ocean satellite data between 1998 and 2012, showed a 1% decrease of phytoplankton per year.
Research: Decadal Trends in Global Pelagic Ocean Chlorophyll: A New Assessment Combining Multiple Satellites, In Situ Data and Models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Scientists
- Cecile S. Rousseaux (USRA)
- Watson Gregg (NASA/GSFC)
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Narrator
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, September 12, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.
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