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Many studies have investigated the effects of climate change on the atmosphere, but few have looked into how it is affecting the ocean. We chose to study the Campbell Plateau, an area of the southern ocean south-east of New Zealand. We utilised oceanographic data from NASA’s SeaWiFS satellite about this area of ocean, and we processed and graphed this data. We found that the southern ocean is heating up, the mixed layer depth is shallowing, primary productivity is decreasing and the type of phytoplankton in the ocean is changing.