Demise of a Phytoplankton Bloom

Scientists show that a virus was responsible for the collapse of a large coccolithophore bloom in the North Atlantic.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS) and the Ocean Color group. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published November 26, 2014
Data acquired June 21 - July 2, 2012

Source:

Aqua > MODIS