Why Does Phytoplankton Happen

You might have thanked the trees for giving oxygen but never phytoplankton. What can they do except try to steal the Krusty Krab formula? Well, what if I said that without phytoplankton, the entire marine ecosystem collapse, an increase of 1/3 accumulation of CO2, and oxygen drop up to 50 percent in the atmosphere, which will lead to human extinction. Sounds dramatic, but it is true. I seriously think that we need to care more about these planktons, since they are not unlimited in the ocean, and even worst, they are decreasing in population. Fortunately, there are new waves of phytoplankton studies and research that will help us understand more about them. Phytoplankton is mostly microscopic, single celled marine algae that use photosynthesis to live and reproduce, similar to terrestrial plants. For that reason, they are the main producers of ocean food web since they don’t eat other
More people need to know the importance of this planktons and help to keep the population at an appropriate level. Since the 1950s phytoplankton increased 40 percent. This is caused mainly by the global warning, which caused the rising of sea surface temperature. This obviously hurts the overall marine ecosystem but also impacts fishing and food industries. The decrease in phytoplankton means less krill and shrimps that depend on them, which causes the decline of fishes. However, scientists and researchers are way searching new ways to increase the populations of phytoplankton. One of the ways they found out to increase phytoplankton is iron fertilization. Iron which is an important mineral for growth is very limited in the ocean. But by adding iron in areas where there aren’t enough, showed an increase in phytoplankton dramatically. This will be one of the ways to help increase the population of phytoplankton and it might even lower the global