25 marzo 2015
A ubiquitous type of phytoplankton — tiny organisms that are the base of the marine food web — appears to be suffering from the effects of ocean acidification caused by climate change. According to authors of a new study, the single-celled organism under study is a type of «calcifying» plankton called a coccolithophore, which makes energy from sunlight and builds microscopic calcium carbonate shells, or plates, to produce a chalky suit of armor.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/U3LVtKQ6nXc/150325135151.htm
