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How is the phytoplankton affected by the changes we see in the global carbon cycle, write the claim, evidence, reasoning.

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These tiny organisms consume carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and move it to marine sediments in the deep ocean in a process called "the biological pump". Phytoplankton play a big role in regulating today’s carbon cycles.
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