<p></p><div id="3a9ee" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QONN1F1574874656"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1093277217826762753" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">#photooftheday: Our ocean’s colors are changing. As temperatures continue to warm, oceans will turn deeper shades o… https://t.co/vpZTwIt5GJ</div> — Science Channel (@Science Channel)<a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceChannel/statuses/1093277217826762753">1549492575.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>As phytoplankton migrate to compensate for higher ocean acidity and temperature variance, the colors of Earth from space will likely see huge shifts as well.</p><p>People are lamenting this latest evidence of human activity's impact on Earth's appearance.</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p></p><div id="fcf61" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="RNIHZF1574874657"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1093270527114801153" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@weatherindia @MIT I'll miss you... blue.</div> — Richard Klein (@Richard Klein)<a href="https://twitter.com/RichTKlein/statuses/1093270527114801153">1549490980.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="b8c35" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="IEQDGU1574874657"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1093141083519885312" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@weatherindia @MIT This sums up my feelings... https://t.co/ndsA6PjzPD</div> — Any Democratic Candidate 2020 (@Any Democratic Candidate 2020)<a href="https://twitter.com/AppleCiderRadio/statuses/1093141083519885312">1549460118.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="0b2de" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="GLBP701574874657"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1093123046746009601" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@weatherindia There goes the little blue planet 🥵😱😭</div> — Alison Sykora 🕷 (@Alison Sykora 🕷)<a href="https://twitter.com/albachick/statuses/1093123046746009601">1549455818.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><p>The insidious effects of climate change have long been public knowledge and climate change continues to be one of the most urgent political issues facing countries all over the world.</p><p>The effects of a changing ocean could prove to be even more damaging than a change in visual appearance.</p><p>Because phytoplankton are at the bottom of the marine food chain, a drastic shift in phytoplankton populations would offset the aquatic ecosystem from zooplankton to Great White Sharks.</p><p></p><div id="3630f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0BS6161574874657"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1093216354054926337" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@weatherindia @MIT When you impact the ecosystem such as changing how phytoplankton absorb sunlight the effects it… https://t.co/JrZsQ1YSWp</div> — kevin (@kevin)<a href="https://twitter.com/kevin92313809/statuses/1093216354054926337">1549478064.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="6d041" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="N8103Z1574874657"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092503136848113664" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ummm i think your headline should be "Climate change could mean collapsed ecosystems as heat kills phytoplankton"… https://t.co/bODGkf3vmM</div> — Isabella Cawthorn (@Isabella Cawthorn)<a href="https://twitter.com/fixiebelle/statuses/1092503136848113664">1549308020.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="9e20c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="REM7XD1574874657"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1090688170289704962" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@davidmweissman attention should be given to the effects on the unprecedented extinction rates of many key species… https://t.co/jDsQpuBL8K</div> — ghengis888 (@ghengis888)<a href="https://twitter.com/ghengis888/statuses/1090688170289704962">1548875298.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="e4ab6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="K9IUQ91574874658"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1085992065534701568" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The most important sea life. The beautiful and varied phytoplankton in my winter plankton sample this week that beg… https://t.co/tzYjrXsSUk</div> — Dr Richard Kirby (@Dr Richard Kirby)<a href="https://twitter.com/PlanktonPundit/statuses/1085992065534701568">1547755659.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>From appearance to functionality, climate change poses an existential threat to Earth.</p><p>Something must be done soon.</p>
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