Large green blooms of phytoplankton swirl in the dark water around Gotland (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Large green blooms of phytoplankton swirl in the dark water around Gotland

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“Without phytoplankton, we may not be able to breathe or eat sushi,” said Aimee Neeley, a NASA Goddard oceanographer. Large green blooms of phytoplankton swirl in the dark water around Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea.

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Credits: USGS/NASA/Landsat 7

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