Over half of the world's oceans have developed a green tinge in the past two decades years, a study shows.Measurements of ocean surface color taken via satellite over the past 20 years have uncovered a global explosion in the growth of phytoplankton, the plant-like microbes common to the upper ocean.While many of these microscopic organisms, including green algae, absorb carbon dioxide as they harvest solar energy, their 'pond scum'-like population boom worldwide.
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