Sunday 27 June 2010

A Key Strand in the Web of Life PhytoPlankton

One of the most important forms of life, PhytoPlankton produce something like 50% of all the Oxygen on Earth - about as much as the world's Forests and Jungles combined.

Sadly in some areas of the ocean, there has been a 30 percent decrease in phytoplankton production between 1999 and 2004 alone.

Source:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/26/879599/-A-Key-Strand-in-the-Web-of-Life:-PhytoPlankton

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