The Oceans Invisible Forest
A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point
•Every drop of water in the 100 meter of the ocean contains thousands of free-floating microscopic flora, called phytoplankton.
•1 percent of 600 billion of C02 contains photosynthetic biomass.
•Over time plants play a major role pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere--Evolved from phytoplankton about 500 million years ago.
•Iron can make, growth the population of phytoplankton.
•Rapid life cycles of marine phytoplankton transfer heat, carbon dioxide from atmosphere and upper ocean to deep sea.
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•Gas remains sequestered until return to surface, hundreds of years later.
•If all the phytoplankton were to die today, the Co2 in the atmosphere would rise 200 part per million. 35% In matter of centuries.
•If certain nutrients to ocean can enhance the growth of phytoplankton.
•Uptake Co2, but storage still uncertain.
•Artificially enhancing phytoplankton will inevitable consequence on marine ecosystems.
•Carbon cycle can dramatically change the climate.
•Phytoplankton draw nearly as much CO2 out of the oceans and atmosphere as all land plants do.
•Forests and phytoplankton cannot absorb CO2 fast increasing, and atmospheric concentrations
•Adding iron to the Southern Ocean greatly stimulates phytoplankton productivity.
•New satellite sensors are now watch- ing phytoplankton populations.
•modern phytoplankton help solve a problem created in part by the burning of their fossilized ancestors.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
Ever drop of water in a rate of 100 meter of the ocean contains thousands of free-floating flora, called phytoplankton. Over time plant have play a major role pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere. This evolve phytoplankton about 500 millions years ago. The earth carbon cycle has influence global climate, heat-trapping carbon dioxide, that moves into and out of the atmosphere. But Plantlike organism call phytoplankton it’s playing a critical role in this cycle.
Burning of fossil fuels, in contrast, returns CO2 to the atmosphere about a million times faster. Marine phytoplankton and terrestrial forests cannot naturally incorporate CO2 faster enough to imitate this increase. Some people have consider putting artificially enhance phytoplankton, photosynthesis and the biological pump. However, the biological pump leaks slowly. There extreme heat and pressure melt the rocks which is eventually released by way of volcanic. New satellite sensors are now watching phytoplankton populations.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views.
Phytoplankton it’s playing a huge part in the carbon cycle, taking most of the carbon used by photosynthetic organisms. While the increasing of the phytoplankton population it’s taking always the CO2 in the water and cleaning the environment. This can help decreasing the level of acid in the ocean, helping marines creatures. It always help us, eliminating the abundant number of CO2 that we create. It doesn’t only help us, but the marine life. Taking around 45 to 50 billions metric of CO2.
So what?
- Phytoplankton provides oxygen
- Phytoplankton can make a huge impact on the environment.
Says who?
- Many universities and colleges researching phytoplankton as well as many large corporations.
what if?
- What if iron didn’t have any affects in the phytoplankton?
- The amount of phytoplankton would decrease
- There won’t be much of effect with the carbon cycle.
What if phytoplankton didn’t exist?
- Less marine animals alive.
- Dirty ocean/water.
what does it remains you of?
- People trying to help the environment.
- The many solutions we have to make our planet a better one.
- There is always a solution; we just have to take action.
•Every drop of water in the 100 meter of the ocean contains thousands of free-floating microscopic flora, called phytoplankton.
•1 percent of 600 billion of C02 contains photosynthetic biomass.
•Over time plants play a major role pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere--Evolved from phytoplankton about 500 million years ago.
•Iron can make, growth the population of phytoplankton.
•Rapid life cycles of marine phytoplankton transfer heat, carbon dioxide from atmosphere and upper ocean to deep sea.
•
•Gas remains sequestered until return to surface, hundreds of years later.
•If all the phytoplankton were to die today, the Co2 in the atmosphere would rise 200 part per million. 35% In matter of centuries.
•If certain nutrients to ocean can enhance the growth of phytoplankton.
•Uptake Co2, but storage still uncertain.
•Artificially enhancing phytoplankton will inevitable consequence on marine ecosystems.
•Carbon cycle can dramatically change the climate.
•Phytoplankton draw nearly as much CO2 out of the oceans and atmosphere as all land plants do.
•Forests and phytoplankton cannot absorb CO2 fast increasing, and atmospheric concentrations
•Adding iron to the Southern Ocean greatly stimulates phytoplankton productivity.
•New satellite sensors are now watch- ing phytoplankton populations.
•modern phytoplankton help solve a problem created in part by the burning of their fossilized ancestors.
B: Summarize the AUTHOR’s main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs
Ever drop of water in a rate of 100 meter of the ocean contains thousands of free-floating flora, called phytoplankton. Over time plant have play a major role pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere. This evolve phytoplankton about 500 millions years ago. The earth carbon cycle has influence global climate, heat-trapping carbon dioxide, that moves into and out of the atmosphere. But Plantlike organism call phytoplankton it’s playing a critical role in this cycle.
Burning of fossil fuels, in contrast, returns CO2 to the atmosphere about a million times faster. Marine phytoplankton and terrestrial forests cannot naturally incorporate CO2 faster enough to imitate this increase. Some people have consider putting artificially enhance phytoplankton, photosynthesis and the biological pump. However, the biological pump leaks slowly. There extreme heat and pressure melt the rocks which is eventually released by way of volcanic. New satellite sensors are now watching phytoplankton populations.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views.
Phytoplankton it’s playing a huge part in the carbon cycle, taking most of the carbon used by photosynthetic organisms. While the increasing of the phytoplankton population it’s taking always the CO2 in the water and cleaning the environment. This can help decreasing the level of acid in the ocean, helping marines creatures. It always help us, eliminating the abundant number of CO2 that we create. It doesn’t only help us, but the marine life. Taking around 45 to 50 billions metric of CO2.
So what?
- Phytoplankton provides oxygen
- Phytoplankton can make a huge impact on the environment.
Says who?
- Many universities and colleges researching phytoplankton as well as many large corporations.
what if?
- What if iron didn’t have any affects in the phytoplankton?
- The amount of phytoplankton would decrease
- There won’t be much of effect with the carbon cycle.
What if phytoplankton didn’t exist?
- Less marine animals alive.
- Dirty ocean/water.
what does it remains you of?
- People trying to help the environment.
- The many solutions we have to make our planet a better one.
- There is always a solution; we just have to take action.