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Key ocean microbes are missing from climate models, risking inaccurate climate projections.
Tiny ocean organisms like phytoplankton and calcifying plankton, crucial to carbon sequestration and ocean chemistry, are largely missing or oversimplified in major climate models.
These microorganisms absorb carbon dioxide and help transport it to the deep ocean, but their complex interactions, population changes, and responses to warming, acidification, and nutrient shifts are not accurately represented.
Scientists warn this omission risks undermining projections of ocean carbon uptake and climate change impacts, urging better integration of their biological processes into models to improve long-term forecasts and climate policy planning.
Los microbios oceánicos clave faltan en los modelos climáticos, lo que pone en riesgo las proyecciones climáticas inexactas.