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Stunning Phytoplankton Bloom Stretches for Hundreds of Miles Across the North Atlantic


A short-lived gap in the clouds let satellites observe a stunning phytoplankton bloom east of Greenland. Satellite observations revealed a vast phytoplankton bloom off Greenland's coast, possibly composed of coccolithophores or diatoms, key players in marine ecology and atmospheric carbon regulat

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