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Change in color of world’s Ocean
July 21 , 2023
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- As per the recent studies, climate change has caused a change in the colour of 56 per cent of the world’s ocean.
- It found that waters in the tropics, particularly the southern Indian Ocean, have turned green.
- Green-coloured water indicates an increase in phytoplankton, microscopic plant-like organisms that are crucial for marine life and carbon dioxide absorption.
- The researchers analysed data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite.
- It has been monitoring ocean colour for two decades.
- They observed long-term trends and used models to simulate scenarios with and without greenhouse gas emissions.
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