Southern Ocean bloom (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Southern Ocean bloom

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A phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean reflects light back toward a NASA satellite. An international team of scientists recently determined the ocean conditions that support the massive summertime bloom, which spans 16 percent of the global ocean.

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