Earth is often called the blue planet, all because of our world’s vast oceans. However now experts say that might not be the case for long as satellite imaging has revealed they’re turning green.
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00:00Earth is often called the blue planet all because of our world's vast oceans however now experts say that might not be the case for long as satellite imaging has revealed they're turning green this discovery is the result of 20 years worth of data and experts from both the US and the UK say it's likely due to global warming but not how you might imagine science alert reports that phytoplankton numbers are increasing creatures which use chlorophyll in their process of photosynthesis and while this phenomenon might be
00:29wild to watch it's not necessarily good for our planet's ecosystems that's because their populations have a direct negative impact on the oxygen levels of the ocean water around them when their numbers surge they can cause what are called hypoxic dead zones or areas where the ocean water is depleted of O2 choking any sea creatures that enter so why are their numbers booming so much that it's changing the oceans color well phytoplankton like CO2 and warmer waters and our planet is rapidly heating due to CO2 from human industry meaning we're effectively creating a perfect environment
00:59environment for these ocean greenifiers to thrive