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Late Bloomers
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Late Bloomers

The waters around Newfoundland have been teeming with phytoplankton since the beginning of September.

Published Sep 23, 2019

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Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise
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Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise

In May 2020, a vivid phytoplankton bloom colored the surface waters of the country’s second-longest fjord.

Published Jun 10, 2020

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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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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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Phytoplankton Bloom off Newfoundland
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Phytoplankton Bloom off Newfoundland

Acquired August 9, 2010, this natural-color image shows peacock-blue swirls in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Newfoundland.

Published Aug 11, 2010

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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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Spring Bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean
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Spring Bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean

Intense streaks of blue and green colored the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina on November 15, 2009.

Published Nov 21, 2009

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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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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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Phytoplankton Bloom off Argentina
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Phytoplankton Bloom off Argentina

Acquired February 9, 2010, this true-color image shows jewel-toned water caused by a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Argentina. Roughly mimicking the coastline, the bloom forms a giant semicircle in the Atlantic Ocean.

Published Feb 10, 2010

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