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Phytoplankton Bloom off New Zealand
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Phytoplankton Bloom off New Zealand

Swirls of iridescent green decorated the South Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand’s South Island on January 5, 2008.

Published Jan 10, 2008

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Bloom off of New Zealand
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Bloom off of New Zealand

Phytoplankton bloomed in springtime waters off of South Island.

Published Nov 15, 2017

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Summer Bloom in the Argentine Sea
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Summer Bloom in the Argentine Sea

The milky green and blue phytoplankton developed where warmer, saltier coastal waters from the subtropics meet colder, fresher waters flowing from the south.

Published Dec 23, 2018

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Defying Fall Weather to Explore Ocean Ecosystems
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Defying Fall Weather to Explore Ocean Ecosystems

Fall storms often hinder ecological research in the vicinity of the North Atlantic, but in 2015, scientists made observations from ship, aircraft, and satellite.

Published Dec 10, 2015

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Demise of a Phytoplankton Bloom
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Demise of a Phytoplankton Bloom

Scientists show that a virus was responsible for the collapse of a large coccolithophore bloom in the North Atlantic.

Published Nov 26, 2014

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Cruising for Ocean Data
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Cruising for Ocean Data

Scientists from NASA are cruising on a research vessel from Tasmania to Tahiti by way of the Southern Ocean. Their objective: gather detailed measurements of Pacific sea water that will be used to validate satellite measurements

Published Apr 5, 2014

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Spring Bloom in New Zealand Waters
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Spring Bloom in New Zealand Waters

A phytoplankton bloom colored the waters east of New Zealand on October 25, 2009.

Published Oct 28, 2009

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Spiral of Plankton
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Spiral of Plankton

Late in 2013, a mid-summer bloom of phytoplankton gave color to a whirling eddy south of Australia.

Published Jan 9, 2014

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Global Chlorophyll
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Global Chlorophyll

Published Jan 1, 2004

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A Day in the East Korea Current
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A Day in the East Korea Current

A Korean satellite provides an hourly view of the phytoplankton in the ocean, while also offering a testbed for future ocean-observing satellite missions.

Published Jun 21, 2016

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Plankton Bloom Surrounds Chatham Islands
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Plankton Bloom Surrounds Chatham Islands

On November 15, 2008, a bloom of plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton encircled the Chatham Islands.

Published Nov 20, 2008

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Seeing the Sea Through the Years
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Seeing the Sea Through the Years

In several decades of observing the ocean with satellites, our vision has changed as much as the sea.

Published Apr 30, 2019

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Filamentous Bloom near Fiji
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Filamentous Bloom near Fiji

Some of the smallest organisms on our planet can be viewed from space: MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of a plankton or bacterial bloom south of Fiji on October 18, 2010.

Published Nov 13, 2010

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Algal Bloom off Tasmania
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Algal Bloom off Tasmania

Published Oct 28, 2004

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Ocean Color off the Icelandic Coast
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Ocean Color off the Icelandic Coast

Those who live in the mid- to high-latitudes of the planet are familiar with the flush of green that comes with early summer as plants mature in the long, warm days. The ocean, too, comes alive during the spring and summer at those latitudes. During the darkness of winter, when the growth of plant-like marine life slows, nutrients accumulate in the surface waters of the cold northern (or southern) oceans. When light returns in the spring and summer, these plant-like organisms—phytoplankton—proliferate in the surface waters. Spring and early summer phytoplankton blooms can cover a broad swath of the ocean, providing an abundance of food to marine life.

Published Jul 18, 2008

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Scientists Discover the Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World
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Scientists Discover the Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World

The record-breaking belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, and it is likely here to stay.

Published Jul 8, 2019

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Iceland’s Waters Abloom
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Iceland’s Waters Abloom

July 2019 brought the latest display of a phytoplankton bloom that occurs every year in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Published Jul 15, 2019

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Bloom in the Barents Sea
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Bloom in the Barents Sea

Acquired September 10, 2011, this natural-color image shows a persistent phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.

Published Sep 15, 2011

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