A satellite image of the Chukchi Sea, between Alaska and Russia, shows phytoplankton bloom (in green).
Going green? —
A satellite image of the Chukchi Sea, between Alaska and Russia, shows phytoplankton bloom (in green).
NASA
Scientists on NASA's ICESCAPE expedition discovered vast amounts of phytoplankton blooming under sea ice, thanks to the magnifying properties of melt pools.
Phytoplankton found in the Arctic —
Scientists on NASA's ICESCAPE expedition discovered vast amounts of phytoplankton blooming under sea ice, thanks to the magnifying properties of melt pools.
Sam Laney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
ICESCAPE scientist Karen Frey takes optical measurements in a melt pond, which lets four times as much light through to the sea below as snow-covered ice.
Melt-water pools —
ICESCAPE scientist Karen Frey takes optical measurements in a melt pond, which lets four times as much light through to the sea below as snow-covered ice.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Kathryn Hansen
WHOI biologist Sam Laney used this submersible Imaging FlowCytobot, which helped detect a toxic algal bloom in the Gulf of Mexico in 2008, to photograph marine organisms and measure chlorophyll fluorescence.
Robots to find algae —
WHOI biologist Sam Laney used this submersible Imaging FlowCytobot, which helped detect a toxic algal bloom in the Gulf of Mexico in 2008, to photograph marine organisms and measure chlorophyll fluorescence.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution