Springtime blooms of the tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton are major factors in the global carbon cycle. Scientists have thought that these blooms were triggered mainly by sunlight, but a new study published in Science suggests that eddies in the ocean are triggering the springtime blooms. Oceanography‘s Eric D’Asaro and Craig Lee are co-authors. Read more here, or check out this video!
Ocean eddies, not sunlight, trigger springtime phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic – UWNews
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