Climate change threatens vital key in human food chain

Plankton - a vital key in the
human food chain.

Australia's plankton population, a vital key in the human food chain, has moved 300 kilometres south in 30 years, new research has found.

Scientists attributed the shift to the warming oceans caused by climate change.

In some regions there was also a shift from cold-water to warm-water plankton species.

The Plankton 2015 report from the CSIRO is based on data from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), which looks at why plankton is important to ocean health.

Read the ABC story - “Change in Australia's plankton population, as climate changes, threatens human food chain.”