[European Union] During the summer months, large algal blooms occur frequently in the Baltic Sea. Often driven by warmer temperatures, abundant sunlight, and nutrient-rich waters, these blooms can reduce water […]
Phytoplankton
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Orbital Biosignature Recon: NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
Editor’s note: for more than half a century we have been learning how to use the viewpoint from space to study our home world. The instruments we have developed often […]
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Orbital Biosignature Assay: Phytoplankton Bloom Off The U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast
Editor’s note: As we begin to study worlds in our own solar system that might have life we use our home world as a testbed for the various ways to […]
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Orbital Biosignature Assay: Antarctica’s Vanishing Sea Ice Transforms Marine Life
Editor’s note: when our first missions – human or robotic – arrive at a new world we’ll want to do glean as much information from space – via fly by […]
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Orbital Planetary Biosphere Tracking: Climate-driven Shift In Antarctic Plankton
Combining 25 years of space-based data with ocean sampling, scientists have uncovered a change in the microscopic organisms that underpin the Southern Ocean’s food chain and carbon storage.
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RNA Viruses May Differentially Shape Carbon Recycling In The Ocean
A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University has uncovered that certain ocean viruses—specifically RNA viruses—may disrupt how carbon and nutrients are recycled in the ocean, potentially altering the global […]
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Orbital Biosignature Assay: Phytoplankton Bloom
The Gulf of Oman is a funnel-shaped body of water between Oman and Iran that connects to the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf to the east and the Arabian […]
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Ocean World Orbital Biosignature Survey: Phytoplankton In Patagonian Waters
Editor’s note: when our first missions – human or robotic – arrive at a new world we’ll want to do glean as much information from space – via fly by […]
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Life In The Atlantic Ocean Thrives Due To Windblown Saharan Dust
Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. Iron availability is often a limiting resource in today’s oceans, which means that increasing […]
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Orbital Biosignature Survey: Adriatic Bloom
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