Antarctic Ice Melt Reshapes Ocean Food Web as Salps Thrive
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New satellite data indicate that rapid Antarctic sea-ice loss is reshaping the Southern Ocean’s food web: krill decline as ice-free waters expand, salps bloom and dominate in those waters, phytoplankton increases follow, and the shift could weaken carbon sequestration and disrupt predators across the marine ecosystem.
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