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A bloom of algae from up above

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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

August 2018

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The bright, brilliant swirls of blue and green seen from space are a phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.

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Geoengineering Phytoplankton Blooms

January 2014

The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

July 2014

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