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Phytoplankton Surge in Arctic Waters

The floating plant-like organisms are showing up in higher concentrations across the Arctic Ocean.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and data courtesy of Lewis, K. M., van Dijken, G. L., & Arrigo, K. R. (2020). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 30, 2020
Data acquired 1998 - 2018

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Terra > MODIS