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The California Current System
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This February 8, 2016 composite image reveals the complex distribution of phytoplankton in one of Earth's eastern boundary upwelling systems — the California Current. Recent work suggests that our warming climate my be increasing the intensity of upwelling in such regions with possible repercussions for the species that comprise those ecosystems. NASA's OceanColor Web is supported by the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineThe California Current System. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000413.
