Acquired September 10, 2011, this natural-color image shows a persistent phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.
Published Sep 15, 2011
The swirls of turquoise and green map out a large phytoplankton bloom along the shores of New Zealand’s South Island in this image from February 20, 2011.
Published Feb 26, 2011
A NASA satellite detected a darkening of the water off the coast of Brazil. Early indications suggest it is a bloom of an unusual species of protist.
Published Jan 30, 2014
Scientists show that a virus was responsible for the collapse of a large coccolithophore bloom in the North Atlantic.
Published Nov 26, 2014
Phytoplankton require sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow.
Published Nov 18, 2016
The waters around Newfoundland have been teeming with phytoplankton since the beginning of September.
Published Sep 23, 2019
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
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites helped scientists identify this large algal bloom off the eastern coast of Tasmania. Large blooms have not been detected in the Tasman Sea in the past, and scientists from CSIRO Marine Research, the largest marine research organization in Australia, believe this one resulted from the natural upwelling of nutrients along the island’s coast. The bloom is made up of coccolithophores, and is not believed to be harmful to the coastal ecosystem.
Published Oct 28, 2004
