Shades of green and blue blend in subtle swirls in this photo-like image of a phytoplankton bloom off the west coast of Iceland taken on June 24, 2010.
Published Jun 30, 2010The waters off of the Alaskan coast usually come alive each spring with colorful swirls of phytoplankton.
Published Jul 14, 2018Ocean plants color the water of the Great Australian Bight off the shore of Victoria, Australia, in this photo-like Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image, taken by NASA’s Terra satellite on January 11, 2007.
Published Jan 17, 2007Early summer water conditions provide fertile territory for phytoplankton blooms.
Published Jul 5, 2015Fueled by the Oyashio current, the waters off of northeastern Japan support a bounty of phytoplankton and fishes.
Published Jun 4, 2019Changing conditions in the waters near Alaska promotes late summer phytoplankton growth.
Published Sep 19, 2014Phytoplankton explosions off the east and west coasts of the United States have both benign and harmful impacts.
Published Aug 9, 2015Southeast of Hokkaido, where two ocean currents converge, swirls of phytoplankton color the Pacific green and blue.
Published Jun 11, 2009An expansive bloom of phytoplankton traced colorful swirls across the South Pacific Ocean between New Zealand (left) and the Chatham Islands (right) on December 23, 2009.
Published Dec 29, 2009