北极海冰融化导致部分海域关键营养物质匮乏

Climate change Ice melt is starving parts of Arctic Ocean of vital nutrient Alice Klein Phytoplankton blooms are declining in some regions of the Arctic AS SEA ice melts, more light will infiltrate the Arctic Ocean, allowing phytoplankton and other marine life to flourish – or so we thought. In fact, phytoplankton growth in some parts of the Arctic is now starving other parts of a crucial nutrient, a tipping point that could spell trouble for wildlife and even commercial fisheries in the north Atlantic. Nitrogen is one of the three main nutrients needed for plant life, including phytoplankton, the tiny photosynthesising organisms at the base of the marine food chain. …