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SeaStar / SeaWiFS / Biosphere


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This animation shows the first six years worth of biosphere data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument. On land, areas of high plant life are shown in dark green, while areas of low plant life are shown in tan. In the ocean, areas of high phytoplankton are shown in red, and areas of lowest phytoplankton are shown in blue and purple.   2914   Global Biosphere from August, 1997 to July, 2003 (WMS)
Our Solar System   1402   Earth Today 1998
Earth Today Logo   1401   Earth Today 1998 Introduction
Countdown Animation   328   Earth Today 1998 Countdown
Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through this complex cycle. The ocean plays the most critical role in regulating Earth's carbon balance, and understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earth's changing climate. <p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href=   10498   Keeping Up With Carbon
One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These microscopic photosynthetic drifters form the basis of the marine food web, they regulate carbon in the atmosphere, and are responsible for half of the photosynthesis that takes place on this planet. Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as our home planet warms, so does the ocean. Warming waters have big consequences for phytoplankton and for the planet. <p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href=   10497   The Ocean's Green Machines

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