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The North Sea Abloom
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The North Sea Abloom

Early summer water conditions provide fertile territory for phytoplankton blooms.

Published Jul 5, 2015

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Channeling a Bloom
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Channeling a Bloom

Unusually clear skies and persistent, unseasonable heat may have set the stage for large and persistent blooms of phytoplankton in the waters around England.

Published Jun 26, 2020

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A Sea of Color and Wind
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A Sea of Color and Wind

Phytoplankton and sediment produced a vivid display in this relatively shallow sea between Great Britain and northern Europe.

Published Apr 9, 2020

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Phytoplankton Bloom in North Sea off Scotland
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Phytoplankton Bloom in North Sea off Scotland

The northern and western highlands of Scotland were still winter-brown and even dusted with snow in places, but the waters of the North Sea were blooming with phytoplankton on May 8, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the region and captured this image. The tiny, plant-like organisms swirled in the waters off the country’s east coast, coloring the shallow coastal waters shades of bright blue and green.

Published May 13, 2008

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Blooms in the Sea of Marmara
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Blooms in the Sea of Marmara

Freshened surface water and abundant nutrients lead to an explosion of algae in the inland sea.

Published May 31, 2015

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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea

In this natural-color image from August 31, 2010, a large phytoplankton bloom colors the Barents Sea turquoise, teal, navy, and green.

Published Sep 5, 2010

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Bloom in the Barents Sea
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Bloom in the Barents Sea

MODIS caught a clear view of an explosion of phytoplankton—a rare treat since the Barents Sea is cloud-covered roughly 80 percent of the summer.

Published Aug 18, 2011

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Bloomin’ Black Sea
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Bloomin’ Black Sea

Phytoplankton color the water with a burst of spring growth.

Published May 19, 2012

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Summer Blooms in the Baltic and Barents
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Summer Blooms in the Baltic and Barents

Phytoplankton and blue-green algae blooms off of Scandinavia seem to be particularly intense this summer.

Published Jul 23, 2018

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Coccolithophores in the Barents Sea
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Coccolithophores in the Barents Sea

Published Aug 27, 2002

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Phytoplankton in the Tasman Sea
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Phytoplankton in the Tasman Sea

Phytoplankton require sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow.

Published Nov 18, 2016

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Bloom in the Black Sea
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Bloom in the Black Sea

Phytoplankton and stirred up sediments deliver a splash of spring color to the Black Sea.

Published May 13, 2016

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Dueling Blooms
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Dueling Blooms

Satellite imagers captured the transition from one blooming phytoplankton genus to another in the Barents Sea in the summer of 2014.

Published Aug 10, 2014

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