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Orbital Biosignature Survey: A Bright Blue Coccolithophore Bloom In The Barents Sea

When summer arrives at high northern latitudes, peripheral seas to the Arctic Ocean lose some of their ice cover and bask in long daylight hours. That’s when phytoplankton—microscopic plant-like organisms […]

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