Declining Phytoplankton are Effecting the Earth

Out of all three articles i read I believe that "NASA Satellites Underestimating Southern Ocean Phytoplankton by Half, Algorithm Finds." has the least biased opinion because studies have been done to prove what is being stated. Therefore it is not an opinion, but facts. The story being told in 2010 is that the decrease in phytoplankton are having a negative affect on our world. The same story is being told in 2013, except more studies have been done recently. The concern throughout all the articles is that more and more phytoplankton die every year, and it's effecting our planet in a negative way. Phytokankton populations are measured by satellites. The decrease in phytoplankton affects us because they cover a large amount of the earth, and use carbon dioxide as food supply. They also supply the food chain, so if they die out completely so will we. I think it's terrible that they're dying more and more every year, but from the looks of these articles it seems there is nothing we can do to stop it, because it's been happening for years, it's not just recent.


Works Cited

• Minogue, Kristen. "Critical Ocean Organisms Are Disappearing." Science/AAAS. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 28 July 2010. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
• Morello, Lauren, and ClimateWire. "Phytoplankton Population Drops 40 Percent Since 1950." Scientific American Global RSS. Scientific American, 29 July 2010. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
• Kemsley, Tamarra. "NASA Satellites Underestimating Southern Ocean Phytoplankton by Half, Algorithm Finds." Nature World News RSS. Nature World News, 19 Sept. 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.