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Blooming in the South Atlantic
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Published December 1, 2013
Phytoplankton explode in population along the shelf-break front off Argentina.
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Toxic Algae in Lake Erie
Published September 27, 2013
Bright green waters reveal the presence of algae in Lake Erie.
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Sediment on the Eel River
Published December 12, 2012
Heavy rains sent mud and sand rushing out into the Pacific.
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Sediment Plume along the Coast of Spain
Published November 18, 2012
Acquired November 12 and 13, 2012, these images show a sediment plume along Spain’s southwestern coast.
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Phytoplankton Bloom off Argentina
Published October 30, 2012
Acquired October 27, 2012, this natural-color image shows a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Argentina.
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Low Water on the Mississippi Causes Barge Backup
Published August 23, 2012
The drought of 2012 reduced traffic to one towboat at a time; groundings closed parts of the river for hours to days.
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Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions off of Africa
Published March 4, 2012
Bright green hues span roughly 150 kilometers along the Namibian coast, the result of gaseous eruptions from the ocean depths.
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Phytoplankton around the Falkland Islands
Published December 16, 2011
Acquired December 14, 2011, this natural-color image shows a massive phytoplankton bloom east of the Falkland Islands.
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Bloom in the Barents Sea
Published September 15, 2011
Acquired September 10, 2011, this natural-color image shows a persistent phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Great Barrier Reef
Published August 20, 2011
“The Sea in many places is here cover’d with a kind of a brown scum,” observed Captain Cook of the Coral Sea near Australia. Aqua MODIS made the same observation on August 9, 2011.
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Published August 18, 2011
MODIS caught a clear view of an explosion of phytoplankton—a rare treat since the Barents Sea is cloud-covered roughly 80 percent of the summer.
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Bloom around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Published December 9, 2010
A large phytoplankton bloom colors the water around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, in an array of green and blue in this image from December 5, 2010.
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