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News Release 12-203
Small Marine Organisms' Big Changes Could Affect World Climate
Warmer future oceans could cause phytoplankton to thrive near poles, shrink in tropics
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![plankton (diatoms) among crystals of annual sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.](/news/mmg/media/images/small_marine1_f.jpg)
Plankton (diatoms) among crystals of annual sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Credit: Gordon Taylor
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![Aerial image of blooms of phytoplankton forming sea-swirls near New Zealand coast.](/news/mmg/media/images/small_marine2_f.jpg)
Blooms of phytoplankton off the coast of New Zealand in October, 2009, form sea-swirls.
Credit: NASA
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![phytoplankton in a dark sea.](/news/mmg/media/images/small_marine3_f.jpg)
Phytoplankton in a dark sea; countless numbers drift through the world's oceans.
Credit: NOAA
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![two Odontella aurita diatoms floating in the sea.](/news/mmg/media/images/small_marine4_f.jpg)
Two Odontella aurita diatoms floating in the wide, wide sea.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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![Photo of a mix of plankton in a water sample.](/news/mmg/media/images/small_marine6_f.jpg)
A mix of plankton in a water sample taken in winter-spring from Long Island Sound.
Credit: NOAA
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![the diatom Attheya longicornis in water from the Barents Sea as seen under microscope.](/news/mmg/media/images/small_marine7_f.jpg)
The diatom, Attheya longicornis, in water from the Barents Sea.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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![Cover of the journal Science showing two hands holding a bone structure](/news/mmg/media/images/science_121026_f.jpg)
The research results are described in the Oct. 26, 2012, issue of the journal Science.
Credit: AAAS copyright 2012
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