How changing environmental conditions affect plankton life
- Aug 5, 2024
- 1 min read
This video explores how changing environmental conditions impact plankton, which play crucial role in aquatic ecosystems. Through the study of chemical and thermodynamic phenomena, the video draws on several key studies, including the work of Kalloniati et al., which examines long-term warming and human-induced plankton shifts at a coastal Eastern Mediterranean site (Scientific Reports, 2023). Additionally, Chaffron et al. highlight the environmental vulnerability of global ocean epipelagic plankton interactomes (Science Advances, 2021) , and Trubovitz et al. examine the threshold extinction response of marine plankton to Neogene climate change (Nature Communications, 2020) .
Watch Hamza’s video to learn more about how these environmental factors influence plankton life and the broader implications for marine ecosystems.
Hamza Bendahmane is a student in the Cell Physics Master program at the University of Strasbourg and also pursuing a Master’s in Engineering at Télécom Physique Strasbourg.
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