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Plankton Keeps Us Alive?
Posted by Rolf Joho on February 3rd, 2010 filed in What Causes Global Warming
Although the flowers that you go out and buy may cost a fair bit and be very important for your partner, they really do not matter to the world. There are many plants out there that would be dead without the help of creatures like bees and these include peaches and apricots.
On the other hand there are actually many plants out there that are essential for human life to carry on, let alone all of the animals that feed on them.
Plankton
We know of over 50,000 species and this is just in the lighter parts of the ocean that we can see and although many humans do not see the immediate benefit, animals do. Plankton, as a collection is called a boom and just one of these booms can actually feed/hold over a billion sea creatures. They are mostly found quite close the surface of water where there is enough light to allow photosynthesis to occur. Although we may not see the importance of this plant it is very important to note that half of the world’s oxygen is provided by these plants. Without Plankton there is no way at all that we would be alive, end of.
Fungi
There are so many people across the earth that really do dispise fungi as it gets into the home and doesnt do us any favours at all but we wouldnt be around without it. Fungi allowed plants to shift out of the sea and onto land all of those billions of years ago and they formed a symbiotic relationship with the plants that still exist today. It also allows a lot of plants to obtain all of the necessary nutrients and water they need from the soil. On top of all of this we would see a lot of dead plants and bodies hanging around if they were not around as they decompose and return the nutrients to the earth.
It is just the way life goes, two of the least important plants to humans are the most important on the entire planet.
So the next time you are out buying your wife some flowers make sure you remember what made those flowers possible. Birthday flowers via flower delivery are a great way to make someone happy on their one day of the year.
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Title: What to make of the year without a winter.(THE LION'S DEN)
Author: Robert Royal
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 2, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 43 Issue: 14 Page: 17(1)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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