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Ocean colour seen

As we belch carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, there's one natural way it's being cleaned up again - by plants.

Colourful ocean algae mop up thousands of tonnes of carbon, forming one of the most important and long-lasting removal routes for the greenhouse gas that's warming the planet.

But the sheer quantities of carbon dioxide are overwhelming the system.



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The colour of our ocean is due to tiny plants called phytoplankton - they
The colour of our ocean is due to tiny plants called phytoplankton - they're also critical to our climate
    
 

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