Climate change impacts on biological production in the Mediterranean Sea (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

Climate change impacts on biological production in the Mediterranean Sea

Caption

A pioneering study reveals how the northward shift of the subtropical jet stream — a very fast, high-altitude airflow — has reduced phytoplankton production, the basis of marine life, in the northwestern Mediterranean by up to 40%.

Credit

Progress in Oceanography

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