Ash deposition coincident with phytoplankton bloom (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ash deposition coincident with phytoplankton bloom

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Satellite data shows deposition of ash from the Kīlauea eruption (top, dark brown) occurred in the same area where a massive phytoplankton bloom (bottom, light blue) formed.  

 

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W. Cheah, Universiti Malaya.

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