Claim: Climate change has affected ocean ecosystems, scientists say. But an unfounded claim on social media that "plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone" and the ocean is "now pretty much dead" is based on a faulty paper.
Fact-check: Faulty Research Paper Leads to Unfounded Claims About Health of Atlantic Ocean - FactCheck.org
Verdict: climate change has affected ocean ecosystems, scientists say. but an unfounded claim on social media that "plankton in the atlantic ocean is 90% gone" and the ocean is "now pretty much dead" is based on a faulty paper.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Saranac Hale Spencer
Date published: 2022-07-29T20:53:10