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science10 days ago•2 min saved

Color-Splashed Seas Signal Spring Phytoplankton Bloom, NASA Images Show

NASA satellite imagery detects green and turquoise plumes off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast, likely caused by a mix of sediments, river outflows, and phytoplankton blooms (diatoms and coccolithophores). The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission helps scientists monitor ocean health and carbon cycling, with blooms that can affect light penetration and will usually wane as nutrients are depleted unless replenished by storms or rivers.

via Futurism|

#coastal-waters #mid-atlantic-bight #ocean-color

earth-science16 days ago•5 min saved

Colorful Coastal Waters Signal Spring Phytoplankton Blooms Off the Mid-Atlantic

NASA's Earth Observatory used MODIS imagery to show vivid greens and turquoises off the Delaware–New Jersey–Virginia coast, where spring phytoplankton blooms—dominated by diatoms with coccolithophores mixed in—color the shallow Mid-Atlantic Bight; advances from the PACE mission are improving bloom detection in these optically complex coastal waters.

via NASA Science (.gov)|

#coccolithophores #diatoms #earth-science