The oceans are responding to Earth's changing climate
in ways that we are only beginning to understand.
Given that phytoplankton are responsible
for over half of the oxygen we breathe
and form the base of the marine food chain,
it is critical to understand
how they are responding to these climate forcings as well.
NASA has been using satellites, aircraft, and ships
to study the biology of our oceans
for over three decades.
This combined data set provides an unprecedented opportunity
to study oceanic climate change on the scale of decades.