Between late 1997 and mid-2008, satellites observed that warmer-than-average ocean temperatures led to below-average chlorophyll concentrations in the oceans. This finding suggests that continued warming of the Earth’s oceans could lead to
a. a decrease in net primary productivity in the oceans, and the oceans would, therefore, remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
b. an increase in net primary productivity in the oceans, and the oceans would, therefore, remove less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
c. an increase in net primary productivity in the oceans, and the oceans would, therefore, remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
d. a decrease in net primary productivity in the oceans, and the oceans would, therefore, remove less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.