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‘Take care of the small things and the big things will fall into place/ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarctica environment? 

Answer:

Antarctica, because of its simple ecosystem and lack of biodiversity, is the perfect place to study how little changes in the environment can have big repercussions. The single-celled plants, phytoplanktons, are the grasses that nourish and sustain the entire Southern Ocean's food chain. Further depletion in the ozone layer would affect the phytoptankton, which in turn would affect the lives of all the marine animals and birds of the region and the global carbon cycle. In the allegory of the phytoplankton, there is a great lesson for existence. If one takes care of the small things, the big things will automatically fall into place.