NASA Reports El Niño Is Decreasing Phytoplankton and Will Generate "Chain Effects" on the Ocean
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NASA reported some of the first ecological effects El Niño is causing this year, following its arrival in...
The photographs compare June 2025 with the same month of this year and show a clear difference in the Central Pacific, near the Euquador Line and north of New Zealand: the fall of chlorophyll on the surface of the sea.
New satellite images reveal the first visible changes caused by the El Niño of 2026 in the marine life of the Pacific Ocean. Records show a significant transformation in the region. The US space agency, Nasa, made the comparison, analyzing the period of June 2025, when conditions in the equatorial Pacific were stable, with June [...]
The phenomenon reduced concentrations of chlorophyll in the Pacific Ocean, threatening the marine food chain and could lead to lower catches for fishermen, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
The PACE satellite recorded a chlorophyll collapse in the tropical ocean due to a lack of nutrients, which threatens to dismantle the Pacific ecosystem. Read more
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