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Marine phytoplankton growing season could be shortened in a warmer world

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Climate change can affect marine ecosystems in various ways, including modulation of seasonality, with consequences for the entire marine food web. Projections from a state-of-the-art Earth system model suggest that marine phytoplankton bloom timing could be shortened in high-latitude, high-productivity oceans.

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Fig. 1: Projected future changes in the phytoplankton bloom phenology.

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This is a summary of: Yamaguchi, R. et al. Trophic level decoupling drives future changes in phytoplankton bloom phenology. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01353-1 (2022).

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Marine phytoplankton growing season could be shortened in a warmer world. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 426–427 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01354-0

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