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    Ocean warming puts vital marine microbe Prochlorococcus at risk

    2025-09-09T13:58:00Z

    A new study finds that Prochlorococcus prefers ocean water between 66 and 86 degrees and doesn’t tolerate water much warmer. Climate models predict that subtropical and tropical ocean temperatures will exceed that threshold in the next 75 years.