{"id":252057,"date":"2023-07-14T19:42:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T14:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=252057"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:42:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T14:12:28","slug":"tropical-waters-have-turned-green-in-colour-courtesy-climate-change-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tropical-waters-have-turned-green-in-colour-courtesy-climate-change-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cTropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study\u201d <\/b>published in Down to Earth<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>on 12th July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

A recent <\/span>study has indicated that Tropical Ocean waters are turning Green in colour due to alteration in phytoplankton communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Study:<\/b><\/p>\n

The study has found that 56% of the global ocean \u2014 a territory larger than the total land area on Earth \u2014 experienced color change between 2002 and 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tropical ocean regions near the Equator seem to have become greener over time. The southern Indian Ocean, in particular, has seen a significant colour change.<\/span><\/p>\n

What does green color in oceans indicate?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Green-coloured water indicates life, especially phytoplankton, which are microscopic plant-like organisms. Blue, in contrast, indicates little life.<\/span><\/p>\n

The colour also determines the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean. Currently, oceans absorb 25% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why are Tropical oceans turning green in colour?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Researchers said that more work would be needed to find out what exactly those colour changes might mean. But they have said<\/span> climate change <\/b>was very likely to be the cause.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the impact of Climate Change on oceans?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Climate change threatens global oceans and the life that depends on them in multiple ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, a 2020 study has warned that polar bears could largely disappear by the end of the century if global warming continues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another study found that half of the world\u2019s coral reefs have already been killed by warmer waters and ocean acidification.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cTropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study\u201d published in Down to Earth\u00a0on 12th July 2023 What is the News? A recent study has indicated that Tropical Ocean waters are turning Green in colour due to alteration in phytoplankton communities. About the Study: The… Continue reading Tropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-252057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}