Hourly Forecast Detailed. 1  0am:The Santee, SC forecast for Apr 11 is 63 degrees and Clear. There is 74 percentage chance of rain and 4 mph winds from the South-Southeast. 2  3am:The Santee, SC forecast for Apr 11 is 55 degrees and Clear. There is 79 percentage chance of rain and 4 mph winds from the South.
Most Important Organism? Marine plants produce between 70 and 80 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere.
It is estimated that about 50% of the world's oxygen is produced via phytoplankton photosynthesis. The rest is produced via photosynthesis on land by plants. Furthermore, phytoplankton photosynthesis has controlled the atmospheric CO 2 / O 2 balance since the early Precambrian Eon.