Phytoplankton play a crucial role in ocean biology and climate. Understanding the natural processes that influence phytoplankton primary production, and how they are changing as the planet warms, is vital. A new study, using data from ESA's Climate Change Initiative, has produced a 20-year time-series of global primary production in the oceans – shedding new light on the ocean’s 'living carbon pump'. See https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Shedding_light_on

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