Winds in southwest Asia mix dust into the atmosphere and seed a striking bloom in the sea.
Published Jan 27, 2016
Phytoplankton swirled across the Arabian Sea on February 18, 2010, drawn into thin green ribbons by turbulent eddies.
Published Mar 8, 2010
October is a month of transition for weather patterns over the Arabian Sea.
Published Oct 27, 2016
The Terra satellite captured this view of dust over the Arabian Sea in October 2014.
Published Oct 15, 2014
Phytoplankton blooms tend to show up in this Gulf in mid-summer and mid-autumn, but they can happen in winter too.
Published Apr 2, 2018
Nearly every summer, phytoplankton trace the sea’s currents, eddies, and flows.
Published Aug 19, 2020
Freshened surface water and abundant nutrients lead to an explosion of algae in the inland sea.
Published May 31, 2015
The waters off of Australia hosted an apparent bloom of Trichodesmium, an ancient, important, and ubiquitous type of microscopic sea life.
Published Oct 7, 2017
Distinct plumes of dust blow from the desert of coastal Pakistan and Iran over the Arabian Sea in this true-color image from November 9, 2009.
Published Nov 9, 2009
Several phytoplankton blooms swirled in the waters of the Caspian Sea.
Published Aug 9, 2017
A colorful image of the Arabian Sea shows the various types of activities occurring in the waters.
Published Dec 27, 2018
Changing conditions in the waters near Alaska promotes late summer phytoplankton growth.
Published Sep 19, 2014
Tropical cyclones are relatively rare over the Arabian Sea.
Published Jun 10, 2015
Phytoplankton and blue-green algae blooms off of Scandinavia seem to be particularly intense this summer.
Published Jul 23, 2018
